sus
French, adverb/sy/
sus is spelled S-U-S (3 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written French, the 12,326th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sus is a French adverb meaning “up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/second-person singular past historic of savoir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dessus”.
What does sus mean in English?
adverb
- 1
datedup
verb
- 1
first/second-person singular past historic of savoir
prefix
- 1
afore-, above-
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Dessus. 2. Formule familière destinée à exciter, à encourager ou à exhorter ; pourchassons, attaquons-nous à une chose.
adjective: 1. Suspect.
prefix: 1. Indique l’idée de dessus.
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.
How do you pronounce sus?
- /sy/
- \sys\
- \sy\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sus in French?
sus appears 4.4 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).