surette
French, noun
surette is spelled S-U-R-E-T-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 190,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surette is a French feminine noun meaning “patience dock (Rumex patientia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of suret. With an accent, sûrette is a different word: “alternative spelling of surette (“patience dock”)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom commun de l’oseille Rumex acetosa ^([1])”.
What does surette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepatience dock (Rumex patientia)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of suret
noun
- 1
femininealternative spelling of surette (“patience dock”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom commun de l’oseille Rumex acetosa ^([1]). 2. Ancienne toile de jute, à maille large, destinée à l’emballage. 3. Girimbelle.
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 surette
- surettes plural
- sûrette alternative
- sûrettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is surette in French?
surette appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).