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frissons

frissons is the plural of frisson.

Meaning of frisson

Noun

frisson (plural frissons)

  1. A sudden surge of excitement.
    • I felt a frisson just as they were about to announce the winner in my category.
  2. A shiver; a thrill.
    • Whenever the villain's theme played in the movie I felt a sudden frisson down my back.

Questions about frissons

What is frissons the plural of?
Frissons is the plural of frisson.

Words near frissons in the dictionary

  1. Frison
  2. Frisons
  3. frisse
  4. frisses
  5. frisson
  6. frissons
  7. Frissung
  8. frist
  9. fristed
  10. fristing
  11. Fristoe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frissons (page history and authors); frisson (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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