sursaut

French

Etymology

Compare with the verb sursauter.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /syʁ.so/
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Noun

sursaut m (plural sursauts)

somersault
- 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
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Further reading

“sursaut” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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