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sur
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/syʁ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French sur, from Old French sur, seur, sor, soure, souvre, sovre (“on, upon, over”), from Latin super (“over, on, above”). Doublet of super, a borrowing. Cognate with Old English ofer (“over, above”). More at over.
Related words
be on
at about
autour de
au dessus de
quelqu’un
relativement à
vers l’arrière
vers le haut de
au dessous de
autorité supérieure
d’accord
de haut
d’une manière
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