effronté
French, adjective/e.fʁɔ̃.te/
effronté is spelled E-F-F-R-O-N-T-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 59,881st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effronté is a French adjective meaning “insolent; cheeky; impudent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’a honte de rien”.
What does effronté mean in English?
adjective
- 1
insolent; cheeky; impudent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’a honte de rien. 2. Qui indique ce tempérament.
noun: 1. Personnage sans honte de rien.
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 effronté
- effrontée feminine
- effrontés masculine plural
- effrontées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effronté?
- /e.fʁɔ̃.te/
- \e.fʁɔ̃.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to effronté
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is effronté in French?
effronté appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).