surséance
French, noun\syʁ.se.ɑ̃s\
surséance is spelled S-U-R-S-É-A-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written French, the 261,491st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surséance is a French feminine noun meaning “supersedeas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Délai, remise, temps pendant lequel on surseoit”.
What does surséance mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Délai, remise, temps pendant lequel on surseoit.
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 surséance
- surséances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surséance?
- \syʁ.se.ɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is surséance in French?
surséance appears about once in every 69 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).