effort tranchant

\ɛ.fɔʁ tʁɑ̃.ʃɑ̃\

/\ɛ.fɔʁ tʁɑ̃.ʃɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“effort tranchant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En résistance des matériaux : force, sollicitation, effort interne de cisaillement dans une pièce, notamment une poutre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-effort-tranchant · effort tranchant · French

effort tranchant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for effort tranchant
PropertyValue
Headwordeffort tranchant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ.fɔʁ tʁɑ̃.ʃɑ̃\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « effort tranchant » en français

effort tranchantn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

effort tranchant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ.fɔʁ tʁɑ̃.ʃɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En résistance des matériaux : force, sollicitation, effort interne de cisaillement dans une pièce, notamment une poutre.".

effort tranchant has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is effort tranchant, spelled E-F-F-O-R-T- -T-R-A-N-C-H-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    En résistance des matériaux : force, sollicitation, effort interne de cisaillement dans une pièce, notamment une poutre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how effort tranchant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Effort Tranchant (T). Les forces transversales Tz, et Ty sont les sommes des projections de toutes les forces intérieures dans la section sur les axes centraux principaux de cette dernière (Fig.1.21). Ces efforts tranchants provoquent le cisaillement des bords de la section respectivement dans la direction des axes Z et Y.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "effort tranchant"?
"effort tranchant" is spelled E-F-F-O-R-T- -T-R-A-N-C-H-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ.fɔʁ tʁɑ̃.ʃɑ̃\.
What does "effort tranchant" mean?
As a noun, "effort tranchant" means: En résistance des matériaux : force, sollicitation, effort interne de cisaillement dans une pièce, notamment une poutre.
How do you pronounce "effort tranchant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "effort tranchant" is \ɛ.fɔʁ tʁɑ̃.ʃɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "effort tranchant" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list