surmenage

French

Etymology

From surmener + -age.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syʁ.mə.naʒ/
  • (file)

Noun

surmenage m (uncountable)

  1. overwork

Descendants

  • Italian: surmenage

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French surmenage.

Noun

surmenage m (invariable)

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

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French surmenage.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suɾmeˈnaʃ/ [suɾ.meˈnaʃ]
    • Rhymes: -aʃ
  • IPA(key): /suɾmeˈnaʒ/ [suɾ.meˈnaʒ]
    • Rhymes: -aʒ

Noun

surmenage m (plural surmenages)

  1. overwork
  2. nervous breakdown
    • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los trabajos y los días”, in El juguete rabioso:
      —¿Medio anarquista, eh? Cuide su cerebro, amiguito… cuídelo, que entre los 20 y 22 años va a sufrir un surmenage.
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Usage notes

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.

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