surinfection
French, noun\sy.ʁɛ̃.fɛk.sjɔ̃\
surinfection is spelled S-U-R-I-N-F-E-C-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surinfection is a French feminine noun meaning “superinfection, secondary infection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Infection secondaire qui se rajoute, en raison de l'état de faiblesse du malade, à une première infection”.
What does surinfection mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesuperinfection, secondary infection
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Infection secondaire qui se rajoute, en raison de l'état de faiblesse du malade, à une première infection.
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 surinfection
- surinfections plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surinfection?
- \sy.ʁɛ̃.fɛk.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is surinfection in French?
surinfection appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).