surtravail
French, noun\syʁ.tʁa.vaj\
surtravail is spelled S-U-R-T-R-A-V-A-I-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 175,987th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surtravail is a French masculine noun meaning “Surplus labour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chez Karl Marx, part du travail effectuée par un travailleur au-delà du travail nécessaire, lequel est le…”.
What does surtravail mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineSurplus labour
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chez Karl Marx, part du travail effectuée par un travailleur au-delà du travail nécessaire, lequel est le travail requis pour reproduire sa propre force de travail ; le produit du surtravail est approprié par le capital sous forme de plus-value, de profit.
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 surtravail
- surtravaux plural
- sur-travail
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surtravail?
- \syʁ.tʁa.vaj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is surtravail in French?
surtravail appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).