sursaut
French
editEtymology
editCompare with the verb sursauter.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsursaut m (plural sursauts)
- start
- 2006, Kristin Espinasse, Words in a French Life, eBook edition, Touchstone, →ISBN, page 240:
- être réveillé en sursaut
- to be woken up with a start
Further reading
edit- “sursaut”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.