surmatelas
French, noun\syʁ.ma.tla\
surmatelas is spelled S-U-R-M-A-T-E-L-A-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surmatelas is a French masculine noun meaning “overmattress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de fin matelas que l’on pose sur un matelas normal et qui permettrait d’en augmenter le confort et la…”.
What does surmatelas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineovermattress
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de fin matelas que l’on pose sur un matelas normal et qui permettrait d’en augmenter le confort et la durée de vie.
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.
How do you pronounce surmatelas?
- \syʁ.ma.tla\
- \syʁ.ma.tə.la\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is surmatelas in French?
surmatelas 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).