surnageant
French, noun/syʁ.na.ʒɑ̃/
surnageant is a French masculine noun meaning “supernatant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of surnager. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fraction la moins dense d’un liquide qui se trouve en surface”.
What does surnageant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesupernatant
verb
- 1
present participle of surnager
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fraction la moins dense d’un liquide qui se trouve en surface.
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 surnageant
- surnageants plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surnageant?
- /syʁ.na.ʒɑ̃/
- \syʁ.na.ʒɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to surnageant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surnageant in French?
surnageant appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).