surpopulation
French, noun/syʁ.pɔ.py.la.sjɔ̃/
surpopulation is spelled S-U-R-P-O-P-U-L-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surpopulation is a French feminine noun meaning “overpopulation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Excès de population”.
What does surpopulation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoverpopulation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Excès de population.
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 surpopulation
- surpopulations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surpopulation?
- /syʁ.pɔ.py.la.sjɔ̃/
- \syʁ.pɔ.py.la.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to surpopulation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surpopulation in French?
surpopulation appears 1.3 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).