surpâturage
French, noun\syʁ.pa.ty.ʁaʒ\
surpâturage is spelled S-U-R-P-Â-T-U-R-A-G-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surpâturage is a French masculine noun meaning “overgrazing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Broutage excessif des pâturages par le bétail”.
What does surpâturage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineovergrazing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Broutage excessif des pâturages par le bétail.
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 surpâturage
- surpâturages plural
- sur-pâturage
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surpâturage?
- \syʁ.pa.ty.ʁaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is surpâturage in French?
surpâturage appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).