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surtraire

French, verb/syʁ.tʁɛʁ/

surtraire is spelled S-U-R-T-R-A-I-R-E (9 letters). Surtraire is a French verb meaning “overmilk, to milk (a cow or other animal) too much” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Traire plus que nécessaire un animal”.

What does surtraire mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    overmilk, to milk (a cow or other animal) too much.

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Traire plus que nécessaire un animal.

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 surtraire

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • surtrayant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • surtrait participle past
  • surtrais first-person indicative present
  • surtrayons first-person indicative plural
  • surtrayez indicative plural present
  • surtraient indicative plural present
  • surtrayais first-person imperfect indicative
  • surtrayait imperfect indicative singular
  • surtrayions first-person imperfect indicative
  • surtrayiez imperfect indicative plural
  • surtrayaient imperfect indicative plural
  • surtrayai first-person historic indicative
  • surtrayas historic indicative past
  • surtraya historic indicative past
  • surtrayâmes first-person historic indicative
  • surtrayâtes historic indicative past

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce surtraire?

  • /syʁ.tʁɛʁ/
  • \syʁ.tʁɛʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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