effluve

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French effluve, from Latin effluvium.

Noun[edit]

effluve (plural effluves)

  1. A spray-like electric discharge.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin effluvium.

Noun[edit]

effluve m (plural effluves)

  1. emanation (something that emanates)
  2. waft
  3. whiff

Verb[edit]

effluve

  1. inflection of effluver:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading[edit]

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