affres
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Old French affre, afre Old Occitan affre (“horror”), from Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍂𐍃 (aifrs), from Proto-Germanic *aibraz (“horrible, terrible”).
NounEdit
affres f pl (plural only)
Usage notesEdit
- Always in the form affres de: les affres de l'humiliation "the pain of humiliation".
Further readingEdit
- “affres” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).