Polyglot Dictionary

effluve

/e.flyv/

le noun B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les effluves

Meaning

  1. whiff, exhalation

    • Des effluves de fleurs parfument le jardin.

      Whiffs of flowers scent the garden.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

bocanada

Close — a whiff, exhalation relates to a puff, mouthful.

Spanish

soplo

Close — a whiff, exhalation relates to a puff.

Practice

1 What does effluve mean?

2 Fill the gap: Des ___ de fleurs parfument le jardin.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches effluve?

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