sureffectif
French, noun/sy.ʁɛ.fɛk.tif/
sureffectif is spelled S-U-R-E-F-F-E-C-T-I-F (11 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sureffectif is a French masculine noun meaning “overmanning, overstaffing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Excès de personnel”.
What does sureffectif mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineovermanning, overstaffing
être en sureffectif
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Excès de personnel.
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 sureffectif
- sureffectifs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sureffectif?
- /sy.ʁɛ.fɛk.tif/
- \sy.ʁɛ.fɛk.tif\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sureffectif in French?
sureffectif appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).