surgénération
French, noun\syʁ.ʒe.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
surgénération is spelled S-U-R-G-É-N-É-R-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surgénération is a French feminine noun meaning “breeding (of a nuclear reactor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mode de fonctionnement d’un réacteur nucléaire dans lequel le facteur de conversion est supérieur à 1”.
What does surgénération mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebreeding (of a nuclear reactor)
- 2
feminineovergeneration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mode de fonctionnement d’un réacteur nucléaire dans lequel le facteur de conversion est supérieur à 1.
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 surgénération
- surgénérations plural
- sur-génération
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surgénération?
- \syʁ.ʒe.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is surgénération in French?
surgénération appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).