surfusion
French, noun/syʁ.fy.zjɔ̃/
surfusion is spelled S-U-R-F-U-S-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surfusion is a French feminine noun meaning “supercooling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État métastable d’une matière qui demeure en phase liquide alors que sa température est plus basse que son…”.
What does surfusion mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesupercooling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État métastable d’une matière qui demeure en phase liquide alors que sa température est plus basse que son point de solidification.
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 surfusion
- surfusions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surfusion?
- /syʁ.fy.zjɔ̃/
- \syʁ.fy.zjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to surfusion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surfusion in French?
surfusion appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).