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7,169 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

surfreiner: to overbrake
surfréquentation: overcrowding
surfréquenté: overcrowded
surfusion: supercooling
surgaussien: super-Gaussian
surgeler: to deep-freeze
surgelé: frozen food
surgelé: deep-frozen
surgeon: shoot (new growth from the trunk of a tree); offshoot, rebirth (something that is reborn or grows out of something else again); offspring, progeny (descendant of someone)
surgir: to emerge or appear; to crop up; to arise or stand up
surgisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of surgir
surgé: clipping of surveillant général
surgélateur: freezer
surgélation: freezing
surgénérateur: fast-breeder reactor
surgénération: breeding (of a nuclear reactor); overgeneration
surhomme: superman (übermensch); alpha male
surhumain: superhuman
surhumainement: superhumanly
surhumanité: superhumanity
suri: soured
suricate: meerkat (mammal)
surimi: Surimi, especially, fake crabmeat
surimposer: to overtax
surimpression: overprinting
surimprimer: to overprint
surin: dagger; knife; shiv
surinamais: Surinamese
suriner: to stab; to knife; to shiv
surinfection: superinfection, secondary infection
surintendance: superintendence
surintendant: superintendant
surinterprétation: overinterpretation
surinterpréter: to overinterpret, to read too much into something
surinvestir: to overinvest
surinvestissement: overinvestment
surinvestisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of surinvestir
surjectif: surjective
surjection: surjection
surjet: overlock (stitch)
surjouer: to ham, to overplay one's role; to overplay (a poker hand)
surlendemain: Two days later: the day after the next day
surligner: to highlight (make more obvious)
surligneur: highlighter (pen for highlighting)
surligné: highlighted
surliquidité: overliquidity
surlonge: sirloin (North American cut)
surmatelas: overmattress
surmaturation: Extended maturation (of grapes for winemaking)
surmaturé: overripe (of grapes for winemaking)
surmenage: overwork
surmener: to overwork
surmené: overworked; burnt out
surmiser: to overbid (bid too much); to overbet (bet too much)
surmoi: superego
surmontable: surmountable
surmonter: to overcome, to surmount, to get over; to top, to crown (a building, etc.)
surmortalité: high death rate, overmortality
surmotiver: to charge, spur on
surmoulage: surmoulage