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

surréaliste: surrealist
surréel: surreal number
surréel: surreal
surrégime: over-revving
surrégénérateur: breeder (of a nuclear reactor)
surrégénération: synonym of surgénération
surrénal: suprarenal
surréservation: overbooking
surs: alternative spelling of sûrs
sursalaire: bonus (extra money to the salary)
sursaturation: oversaturation
sursaturer: to supersaturate
sursaturé: supersaturated
sursaut: start (sudden movement)
sursauter: to make a sudden movement by being surprised; to start, jump
sursel: supersalt
surseoir: to defer, to postpone; to stay (a penal sentence)
sursimulation: oversimulation
sursis: reprieve, respite; extension (e.g. of a loan)
sursitaire: deferred (granted a delay in their call-up); in waiting, in abeyance
sursitaire: deferred conscript
sursoir: post-1990 spelling of surseoir
sursolide: sursolid
sursolliciter: to solicit excessively; to overwork
surstimuler: to overstimulate
surströmming: surströmming (traditional Swedish food made from fermented Baltic herring)
surséance: supersedeas
surt.: esp. (especially)
surtaxer: to overtax (impose too much taxation); to charge an additional fee
surtension: overvoltage; surge (electrical)
surtitre: surtitle
surtitrer: to surtitle
surtourisme: overtourism
surtout: above all; especially
surtout: surtout (overcoat)
surtout que: all the more reason that, even more so because, especially given that
surtraduction: overtranslation
surtraduire: to overtranslate
surtraire: overmilk, to milk (a cow or other animal) too much.
surtraitement: overtreatment
surtraiter: to overtreat
surtravail: Surplus labour
surtseyen: Surtseyan
surutilisation: overuse (excessive use)
surutiliser: to overuse
surveillance: surveillance; supervision
surveillant: supervisor; warden, warder; monitor, prefect
surveille: the day before the eve; the day before yesterday
surveiller: to monitor, to survey, to watch
surveiller comme le lait sur le feu: to watch like a hawk, to keep a close watch on, to keep a close eye on
surveiller ses arrières: to watch one's back
survenable: happenable
survenance: occurrence
survenant: happening, occurring
survenir: to occur; to happen unexpectedly; to appear, arrive (unexpectedly)
survente: Selling at an excessively high price
survenue: occurrence
survie: survival
survirage: oversteer
survirer: to oversteer