sursaut

French

Etymology

Compare with the verb sursauter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syʁ.so/

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Noun

sursaut m (plural sursauts)

1. 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

• “sursaut”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.