surmenage

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French

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Etymology

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From surmener +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /syʁ.mə.naʒ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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surmenage m (uncountable)

  1. overwork

Descendants

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  • Italian: surmenage

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French surmenage.

Noun

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surmenage m (invariable)

  1. overwork (mental or physical)
  2. overtraining (sports)

Further reading

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  • surmenage in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French surmenage.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /suɾmeˈnaʃ/ [suɾ.meˈnaʃ]
  • IPA(key): /suɾmeˈnaʒ/ [suɾ.meˈnaʒ]

Noun

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surmenage m (plural surmenages)

  1. overwork
  2. nervous breakdown

Usage notes

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According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.