surdétermination
French, noun\syʁ.de.tɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\
surdétermination is spelled S-U-R-D-É-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surdétermination is a French feminine noun meaning “overdetermination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Détermination action par laquelle une chose, également susceptible de plusieurs qualités, de plusieurs…”.
What does surdétermination mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoverdetermination
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Détermination action par laquelle une chose, également susceptible de plusieurs qualités, de plusieurs manières d’être, est très fortement déterminée à recevoir l’une plutôt que l’autre.
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 surdétermination
- surdéterminations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surdétermination?
- \syʁ.de.tɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is surdétermination in French?
surdétermination appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).