effigie

French

Etymology

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

Noun

effigie f (plural effigies)

  1. an effigy

Further reading

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

effigie f (plural effigi)

  1. effigy, image, portrait

Latin

Noun

effigiē

  1. ablative singular of effigiēs