effronterie
French, noun/e.fʁɔ̃.tʁi/
effronterie is spelled E-F-F-R-O-N-T-E-R-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 92,562nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effronterie is a French feminine noun meaning “insolence, cheek, effrontery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère, attitude de celui qui est effronté”.
What does effronterie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinsolence, cheek, effrontery
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractère, attitude de celui qui est effronté. 2. Manière d’agir, de parler de celui qui est effronté.
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 effronterie
- effronteries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effronterie?
- /e.fʁɔ̃.tʁi/
- \e.fʁɔ̃.tʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to effronterie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is effronterie in French?
effronterie appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).