surnaturel
French, adjective/syʁ.na.ty.ʁɛl/
surnaturel is spelled S-U-R-N-A-T-U-R-E-L (10 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surnaturel is a French adjective meaning “supernatural” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est au-dessus des possibilités de la nature”.
What does surnaturel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
supernatural
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est au-dessus des possibilités de la nature. 2. Que l'on ne peut expliquer à partir des lois de la nature ; contraire à la raison. 3. Extraordinaire. 4. Qui semble trop intense pour être naturel.
noun: 1. Ce qui dépasse la nature ou la nature d’un être, des hommes ; ce qui relève des pouvoirs de Dieu. 2. Ce qui appartient au sacré, au religieux. 3. Ce qui défie la raison, est mystérieux, fantastique.
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 surnaturel
- surnaturelle feminine
- surnaturels masculine plural
- surnaturelles feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surnaturel?
- /syʁ.na.ty.ʁɛl/
- \syʁ.na.ty.ʁɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to surnaturel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surnaturel in French?
surnaturel appears 2.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).