Polyglot Dictionary

sursis

/suɾˈsis/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. suspended sentence

    • Recebeu sursis.

      He got a suspended sentence.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

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French

sursis

sursis is the French word for the same thing — both mean "suspended sentence."

Practice

1 What does sursis mean?

2 Fill the gap: Recebeu ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches sursis?

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