effusion
French, noun/e.fy.zjɔ̃/
effusion is spelled E-F-F-U-S-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effusion is a French feminine noun meaning “effusion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de répandre un liquide, de se répandre, en parlant d’un liquide, ou résultat de cette action”.
What does effusion mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeffusion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de répandre un liquide, de se répandre, en parlant d’un liquide, ou résultat de cette action. 2. Vive et sincère manifestation d’un sentiment, épanchement. 3. Technique de séparation des constituants d'un mélange gazeux, qui utilise les différences de vitesse entre les gaz qui traversent une paroi poreuse.
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 effusion
- effusions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effusion?
- /e.fy.zjɔ̃/
- \e.fy.zjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to effusion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is effusion in French?
effusion 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).