surtraiter
French, verb\syʁ.tʁe.te\
surtraiter is spelled S-U-R-T-R-A-I-T-E-R (10 letters). Surtraiter is a French verb meaning “to overtreat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soigner, traiter plus que nécessaire, inutilement ou même nuisiblement”.
What does surtraiter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to overtreat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Soigner, traiter plus que nécessaire, inutilement ou même nuisiblement. 2. Soumettre à des réactions, à des manipulations plus que nécessaire.
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 surtraiter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- surtraitant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- surtraité participle past
- surtraite first-person indicative present
- surtraites indicative present second-person
- surtraitons first-person indicative plural
- surtraitez indicative plural present
- surtraitent indicative plural present
- surtraitais first-person imperfect indicative
- surtraitait imperfect indicative singular
- surtraitions first-person imperfect indicative
- surtraitiez imperfect indicative plural
- surtraitaient imperfect indicative plural
- surtraitai first-person historic indicative
- surtraitas historic indicative past
- surtraita historic indicative past
- surtraitâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surtraiter?
- \syʁ.tʁe.te\
- \syʁ.tʁɛ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.