surin
French, noun\sy.ʁɛ̃\
surin is spelled S-U-R-I-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 67,389th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surin is a French masculine noun meaning “dagger; knife; shiv” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Couteau, poignard”.
What does surin mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinedagger; knife; shiv
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Couteau, poignard.
noun: 1. Jeune pommier sauvage. 2. Sauvageon.
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 surin
- surins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surin?
- \sy.ʁɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to surin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surin in French?
surin appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).