efféminé, -e, adj., effeminate, womanish. Air —; effeminate look.
efféminer, v.a., to effeminate, to enervate.
effendi or efendi (è-fān-di), n.m., effendi (Turkish title).
effervescence, n.f., effervescence; excitement; ferment.
effervescent, -e, adj., effervescent, effervescing; excited, excitable.
effet, n.m., effect, consequence, result; performance, intent, execution; purpose; power (mec.); bill of exchange, bill. pl., goods; luggage; movables, chattels; funds; stocks. Produire de l’—; to make an impression. Ces choses-là font un vilain —; those things look bad. Souscrire un —; to sign a bill. — à échoir; running bill. Faire les fonds d’un —; to provide for a bill. Faire-honneur à un —; to honor a bill. À double —; double acting (mec.). En —; in reality, indeed. Pour cet —; to that end, for that purpose. À l’— de; to the end that, with a view to. À quel —? to what purpose? to what end? À —; sensational, clap-trap. Cela me fait cet —; it seems so to me. Faire de l’—; to make a show; to be showy. Faire l’— de; to make one think of; to put one in mind. — rétrograde; (at billiards) screwing back. — contraire; screw. — de côté; side.
*effeuillaison, n.f., fall of the leaves.
*effeuillement, n.m., stripping off the leaves; defoliation.
*effeuiller, v.a., to strip of leaves, to pluck; to pick to pieces (a flower).
*s’effeuiller, v.r., to lose or shed its leaves (of a tree, a flower). Les roses s’effeuillent; the roses are shedding their leaves.