surchauffe
French, noun
surchauffe is spelled S-U-R-C-H-A-U-F-F-E (10 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,299th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surchauffe is a French feminine noun meaning “overheating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of surchauffer. With an accent, surchauffé is a different word: “overheated”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de surchauffer”.
What does surchauffe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoverheating
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
overheated
verb
- 1
past participle of surchauffer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie un lieu où la chaleur est excessive.
noun: 1. Action de surchauffer. 2. État métastable d’un liquide chauffé dont la température est plus élevée que son point d’ébullition. 3. État d'une économie où la demande est supérieure à l'offre au point d'entraîner une hausse de l'inflation.
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 surchauffe
- surchauffes plural
- surchauffée feminine
- surchauffés masculine plural
- surchauffées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to surchauffe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surchauffe in French?
surchauffe appears 1.3 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).