effet

effet (plural effets)

1. 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.

• “effet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From Old French effect, from Latin effectus.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.fɛ/ ~ /e.fɛ/

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effet m (plural effets)

1. effect
2. (ball games) spin, bend, curl

• “effet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.