effréné
French, adjective/e.fʁe.ne/
effréné is spelled E-F-F-R-É-N-É (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,217th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effréné is a French adjective meaning “wild, frantic, unbridled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sans frein ni selle en parlant du cheval représenté sur un blason”.
What does effréné mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wild, frantic, unbridled
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Sans frein ni selle en parlant du cheval représenté sur un blason. 2. Sans frein, sans retenue, débridé, exagéré, immodéré.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of effréné
- effrénée feminine
- effrénés masculine plural
- effrénées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effréné?
- /e.fʁe.ne/
- \e.fʁe.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to effréné
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is effréné in French?
effréné appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).