effrayer
Meaning
to frighten, to scare, to affray
Concepts
scare away
frighten away
frighten off
advise against
create a stir
to be
make afraid
Synonyms
faire peur à
faire fuire
dissuader de
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.fʁɛ.je/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French effreer, from Old French esfreer, esfreder (whence also English affray), from a Vulgar Latin *exfridāre, itself of Germanic origin (with the prefix ex- added), from a Frankish *friþu (“security, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (“peace”), from *frijōną (“to free; to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *prāy-, *prēy- (“to like, love”).
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