effet
Appearance
See also: êffet
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]effet (plural effets)
- Alternative form of eft (“a newt”)
- 1858, John George Wood, The common objects of the country, page 51:
- He had been cutting grass in the churchyard, and an effet ran at him, and bit him on the thumb.
References
[edit]- “effet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French effect, from Latin effectus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]effet m (plural effets)
- effect
- (ball games) spin, bend, curl
Derived terms
[edit]- à cet effet
- à l’effet de
- du plus bel effet
- effectif
- effectuer
- effet bœuf
- effet boule de neige
- effet de commerce
- effet de manche
- effet de serre
- effet de seuil
- effet de souffle
- effet domino
- effet Matilda
- effet papillon
- effet personnel
- effet secondaire
- effet spécial
- en effet
- faire de l’effet
- faire effet
- prendre effet
- sous l’effet de
Further reading
[edit]- “effet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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- English lemmas
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- French terms with audio pronunciation
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- fr:Ball games