surintendant
French, noun/sy.ʁɛ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/
surintendant is spelled S-U-R-I-N-T-E-N-D-A-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,719th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surintendant is a French masculine noun meaning “superintendent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui a l’intendance, l’administration de quelque chose au-dessus des autres”.
What does surintendant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesuperintendent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui a l’intendance, l’administration de quelque chose au-dessus des autres. 2. Celui qui était l’administrateur en chef des finances du roi.
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 surintendant
- surintendants plural
- surintendante feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surintendant?
- /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/
- \sy.ʁɛ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to surintendant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surintendant in French?
surintendant appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).