surplis
French, noun\syʁ.pli\
surplis is spelled S-U-R-P-L-I-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surplis is a French masculine noun meaning “surplice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vêtement d’église fait de toile blanche plissée et qui se porte par-dessus la soutane ; aube raccourcie…”.
What does surplis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesurplice
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vêtement d’église fait de toile blanche plissée et qui se porte par-dessus la soutane ; aube raccourcie s’arrêtant à la hauteur des genoux.
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 surplis?
- \syʁ.pli\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to surplis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surplis in French?
surplis appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).