surtout
French, noun/syʁ.tu/
surtout is spelled S-U-R-T-O-U-T (7 letters) and appears 302 times per million words in written French, the 273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surtout is a French masculine noun meaning “surtout (overcoat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de vêtement fort large, que l’on mettait sur les autres”.
What does surtout mean in English?
adverb
- 1
above all
- 2
especially
noun
- 1
masculinesurtout (overcoat)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Principalement ; plus que toute autre chose.
noun: 1. Sorte de vêtement fort large, que l’on mettait sur les autres. 2. Grande pièce de vaisselle d’orfèvrerie ou objet décoratif que l’on place au milieu d’une table.
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 surtout
- surtouts plural
- sur-tout
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surtout?
- /syʁ.tu/
- \syʁ.tu\
- [syʁ.tu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to surtout
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surtout in French?
surtout appears 302 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).