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Borrowed from Latin effigiēs (likeness, effigy), from effingō (represent, portray).

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effigie f (plural effigies)

  1. an effigy

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin effigiēs (likeness, effigy), from effingō (represent, portray).

Noun

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effigie f (plural effigi)

  1. effigy, image, portrait
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Latin

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effigiē

  1. ablative singular of effigiēs