effroi
French, noun/e.fʁwa/
effroi is spelled E-F-F-R-O-I (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,512th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effroi is a French masculine noun meaning “terror, dread” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grande frayeur ; terreur ; épouvante”.
What does effroi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineterror, dread
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grande frayeur ; terreur ; épouvante. 2. Personnes ou choses qui causent de l’effroi, qui sont l’objet de l’effroi.
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 effroi
- effrois plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effroi?
- /e.fʁwa/
- \e.fʁwɑ\
- \ɛ.fʁwa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to effroi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is effroi in French?
effroi appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).