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adjectivemasculine singular; feminine: surprise; masculine plural: surpris; feminine plural: surprises
surprised; astonished or taken aback
/syʁpʁi/
Pronunciation
Etymology
Past participle of French surprendre, from Old French surprendre, ultimately from Latin super- and prehendere, “to seize.”
Examples
Il était surpris par la nouvelle.
/il‿etɛ syʁpʁi paʁ la nuvɛl/
He was surprised by the news.
Un regard surpris traversa son visage.
/œ̃ ʁəɡaʁ syʁpʁi tʁavɛʁsa sɔ̃ vizaʒ/
A surprised look crossed his face.
Antonyms
Collocations
être surpris
avoir l'air surpris
un regard surpris
surpris par quelque chose
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