surmenage
French, noun/syʁ.mə.naʒ/
surmenage is spelled S-U-R-M-E-N-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,397th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surmenage is a French masculine noun meaning “overwork” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de surmener ou de se surmener”.
What does surmenage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoverwork
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de surmener ou de se surmener. 2. État de celui qui est surmené.
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 surmenage
- surmenages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surmenage?
- /syʁ.mə.naʒ/
- \syʁ.mə.naʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to surmenage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surmenage in French?
surmenage appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).