surcharge
French, noun
surcharge is spelled S-U-R-C-H-A-R-G-E (9 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surcharge is a French feminine noun meaning “overloading” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of surcharger. With an accent, surchargé is a different word: “surcharged”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nouvelle charge ajoutée à la charge ordinaire, normale”.
What does surcharge mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoverloading
- 2
feminineoverloading
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
surcharged
- 2
overcrowded; overladen
verb
- 1
past participle of surcharger
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nouvelle charge ajoutée à la charge ordinaire, normale. 2. Mots écrits par-dessus d’autres pour les recouvrir et les remplacer. 3. Nouvelle valeur ou autre mention rajoutée sur un timbre en surimpression. 4. Création de plusieurs méthodes d’une classe ayant le même nom, mais dont les arguments diffèrent.
adjective: 1. Participe passé masculin singulier de surcharger. 2. Se dit d’un élément (meuble ou pièce) sur lequel se trouve un meuble ou une pièce alors qu’il est lui-même déjà placé sur un autre élément. Qualifie donc le second élément d’un empilement de 3 éléments (le premier est dit chargé, le second surchargé).
noun: 1. Timbre surchargé.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of surcharge
- surcharges plural
- surchargée feminine
- surchargés masculine plural
- surchargées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to surcharge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surcharge in French?
surcharge appears 2.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).