affres
French
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French affre, afre (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Occitan affre (“horror”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍂𐍃 (aifrs), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *aibraz (“horrible, terrible”).
Noun
affres f pl (plural only)
Usage notes
- Always in the form affres de: les affres de l'humiliation "the pain of humiliation".
Further reading
- “affres”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.