surpoids, n.m., overweight.
surprenant, -e, adj., surprising, astonishing.
surprendre, v.a., to surprise, to take by surprise, to overtake; to deceive, to catch, to overhear; to entrap, to overreach, to intercept; to astonish, to amaze. — une ville; to take a town by surprise. La nuit nous surprit; night overtook us. La pluie me surprit; I was caught in the rain.
se surprendre, v.r., to surprise one’s self; to catch one’s self.
surprise, n.f., surprise; amazement; deceit, deception; surprise-box. Ménager une — à quelqu’un; to prepare a surprise for any one. Revenir de sa —; to recover from one’s surprise.
surproduction, n.f., overproduction.
surrénal, -e, adj., (anat.) suprarenal, surrenal.
sursaturation, n.f., supersaturation.
sursaturer, v.a., to supersaturate.
sursaut, n.m., start. S’éveiller en —; to start up out of one’s sleep, to start up. Eveiller, or réveiller, en —; to startle any one out of his sleep, to awake any one suddenly.