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sur

/syʁ/

preposition/syʁ/

on, upon; on top of; from on top of; above; out of

sept sur dixseven 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.

adjective/syʁ/

sour

Inherited from Middle French sur, from Old French sur (“sour, bitter”), from Frankish *sūr (“acidic, sour”), from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour”). More at English sour.