effroyable
French, adjective/e.fʁwa.jabl/
effroyable is spelled E-F-F-R-O-Y-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effroyable is a French adjective meaning “horrific, horrifying, terrifying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui cause de l’effroi”.
What does effroyable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
horrific, horrifying, terrifying
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui cause de l’effroi. 2. Qui est excessif, étonnant ou prodigieux.
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 effroyable
- effroyables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effroyable?
- /e.fʁwa.jabl/
- \ef.ʁwa.jabl\
- [ef.ʁwa.jabl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to effroyable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is effroyable in French?
effroyable appears 1.6 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).