surrection
French, noun/sy.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃/
surrection is spelled S-U-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surrection is a French feminine noun meaning “upheaval” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Surgissement, émergence de soi-même”.
What does surrection mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineupheaval
- 2
feminineuplift
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Surgissement, émergence de soi-même. 2. Élévation des roches profondes et métamorphisées de la lithosphère océanique subduite pour former une montagne. 3. Action de se lever, de se mettre debout. 4. Apparition, surgissement.
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 surrection
- surrections plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surrection?
- /sy.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃/
- \sy.ʁɛk.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 surrection
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surrection in French?
surrection appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).