surcreusement
French, noun/syʁ.kʁøz.mɑ̃/
surcreusement is spelled S-U-R-C-R-E-U-S-E-M-E-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written French, the 244,837th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surcreusement is a French masculine noun meaning “abrasion in a glacial valley, caused by the action of water in a river which has taken the place of the glacier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Creusement érosif des reliefs glaciaires, plus profond que celui de l'érosion par l'eau”.
What does surcreusement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineabrasion in a glacial valley, caused by the action of water in a river which has taken the place of the glacier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Creusement érosif des reliefs glaciaires, plus profond que celui de l'érosion par l'eau.
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 surcreusement
- surcreusements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surcreusement?
- /syʁ.kʁøz.mɑ̃/
- \syʁ.kʁøz.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is surcreusement in French?
surcreusement appears about once in every 60 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).