la
/syʁpʁiz/
Translation
surprise
Word origin
From the feminine past participle of Old French surprendre ('to catch unawares'). English 'surprise' was borrowed from this same French word.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- surprise
- English cognates
- surprise
Grammar
Examples
l'.
His arrival was a real surprise for everyone in the company.
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We are organising a surprise party for her retirement.
, .
To my great surprise, he accepted straight away.
Quelle !
What a nice surprise to see you here tonight!
l'.
His reaction created surprise across the entire team.
Surprise est un nom feminin et le participe passe de surprendre (to surprise). Par surprise (by surprise) et prendre par surprise (to catch by surprise) sont des constructions frequentes. Surprise ! comme exclamation annonce quelque chose d'inattendu.
A la surprise generale (to everyone's surprise) et a ma grande surprise (to my great surprise) introduisent une reaction inattendue. Fete surprise (surprise party) et cadeau surprise (surprise gift) sont des collocations populaires. Surprenant est l'adjectif derive signifiant surprising.
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