surinterpréter
French, verb/sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.te/
surinterpréter is spelled S-U-R-I-N-T-E-R-P-R-É-T-E-R (14 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surinterpréter is a French verb meaning “to overinterpret, to read too much into something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Interpréter abusivement, vouloir trop interpréter même quand c’est impossible”.
What does surinterpréter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to overinterpret, to read too much into something
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Interpréter abusivement, vouloir trop interpréter même quand c’est impossible.
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 surinterpréter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- surinterprétant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- surinterprété participle past
- surinterprète first-person indicative present
- surinterprètes indicative present second-person
- surinterprétons first-person indicative plural
- surinterprétez indicative plural present
- surinterprètent indicative plural present
- surinterprétais first-person imperfect indicative
- surinterprétait imperfect indicative singular
- surinterprétions first-person imperfect indicative
- surinterprétiez imperfect indicative plural
- surinterprétaient imperfect indicative plural
- surinterprétai first-person historic indicative
- surinterprétas historic indicative past
- surinterpréta historic indicative past
- surinterprétâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surinterpréter?
- /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.te/
- \sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to surinterpréter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surinterpréter in French?
surinterpréter appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).