What does effleurer in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word effleurer in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use effleurer in French.
The word effleurer in French means brush, graze, touch, touch upon/on, skim over, scratch, scrape, graze, cross your mind. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word effleurer
brush, graze, touchverbe transitif (frôler) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Le jeune homme effleura la jeune fille de la main. The young man brushed the young woman with his hand. |
touch upon/on, skim oververbe transitif (aborder en superficie) L'étudiant ne fit qu'effleurer le sujet. The student merely touched upon the subject. |
scratch, scrape, grazeverbe transitif (égratigner) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Les ronces effleurent son bras. Brambles scratched his arm. |
cross your mindverbe transitif (se présenter à l'esprit) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") L'idée de partir sans lui ne m'effleure pas. The idea of leaving without him never crossed my mind. |
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