sursis

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /syʁ.si/
  • Audio(file)

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French sursis.

Pronunciation
 
  • (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?)
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