surprise
French, noun/syʁ.pʁiz/
surprise is spelled S-U-R-P-R-I-S-E (8 letters) and appears 63 times per million words in written French, the 1,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surprise is a French feminine noun meaning “surprise (something unexpected)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of surpris. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action par laquelle on surprend”.
What does surprise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesurprise (something unexpected)
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of surpris
Je t’ai surprise en flagrant délit.
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of surpris
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action par laquelle on surprend. 2. Événement inattendu. 3. Qui n'est pas attendu. 4. Qui réserve une surprise; dont le contenu n'est pas révélé d'emblée.
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 surprise
- surprises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surprise?
- /syʁ.pʁiz/
- \syʁ.pʁiz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to surprise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surprise in French?
surprise appears 63 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).