sursis

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syʁ.si/

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Noun

sursis m (plural sursis)

1. reprieve, respite
2. extension (e.g. of a loan)

Participle

sursis (feminine sursise, masculine plural sursis, feminine plural sursises)

1. past participle of surseoir

Verb

sursis

1. first/second-person plural past historic of surseoir

Further reading

• “sursis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French sursis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suʁˈsi/ [suhˈsi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suʁˈsi/ [suhˈsi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /suɾˈsi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /suʁˈsi/ [suχˈsi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /suɻˈsi/

• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: sur‧sis

Noun

sursis m (plural sursises)

1. (Brazil, law) conditional suspension of a sentence, in whole or only in part (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)