preposition/syʁ/
on, upon; on top of; from on top of; above; out of
“sept sur dix” — seven out of ten
Synonyms: au-dessus de, à, en, dans
Inherited from Middle French sur, from Old French sur, seur, sor, soure, souvre, sovre (“on, upon, over”), from Latin super (“over, on, above”). Doublet of super, a borrowing. Cognate with Old English ofer (“over, above”). More at over.