noun, masculine/e.fɔʁ/plural: efforts
effort is masculine in French.
effort
“Ils n'ont pas fait le moindre effort pour être polis avec lui.” — They have not made the slightest effort to be polite with them.
Related: après l'effort, le réconfort, effort de guerre, loi du moindre effort
Inherited from Middle French, from Old French esfort, from esforcier; morphologically, deverbal from efforcer. Compare Spanish esfuerzo, Catalan esforç, Portuguese esforço, Italian sforzo.