surveillance
French, noun/syʁ.vɛ.jɑ̃s/
surveillance is spelled S-U-R-V-E-I-L-L-A-N-C-E (12 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written French, the 2,363rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surveillance is a French feminine noun meaning “surveillance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de surveiller”.
What does surveillance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesurveillance
- 2
femininesupervision
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de surveiller.
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 surveillance
- surveillances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surveillance?
- /syʁ.vɛ.jɑ̃s/
- /syʁ.ve.jɑ̃s/
- \syʁ.vɛ.jɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to surveillance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surveillance in French?
surveillance appears 35 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).