surinvestissement
French, noun\sy.ʁɛ̃.vɛs.tis.mɑ̃\
surinvestissement is spelled S-U-R-I-N-V-E-S-T-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (17 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surinvestissement is a French masculine noun meaning “overinvestment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Investissement excédentaire par rapport au marché de l'entreprise ou à la valeur du bien dans lequel on…”.
What does surinvestissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoverinvestment
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Investissement excédentaire par rapport au marché de l'entreprise ou à la valeur du bien dans lequel on investit. 2. Fait d'accorder une importance excessive, de donner un rôle trop important. 3. Fait de s'investir de façon anormalement élevée dans une activité, un projet.
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 surinvestissement
- surinvestissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surinvestissement?
- \sy.ʁɛ̃.vɛs.tis.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is surinvestissement in French?
surinvestissement appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).