surprise
Part of speech: noun
verb
intj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English surprise, borrowed from Middle French surprise (“an overtake”), nominal use of the past participle of Old French sorprendre (“to overtake”), from sor- (“over”) + prendre (“to take”), from Latin super- + Latin prendere, contracted from prehendere (“to grasp, seize”). Doublet of suppli.
Inflected forms:
form: surprises
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: surprize
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: suprise
pos: noun
tags: alternative
misspelling
form: surprises
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: surprising
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: surprised
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: surprised
pos: verb
tags: past
form: surprize
pos: verb
tags: alternative
archaic
form: suprise
pos: verb
tags: alternative
misspelling
form: surprize
pos: intj
tags: alternative
archaic
form: suprise
pos: intj
tags: alternative
misspelling
Senses:
gloss: Something unexpected.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It was a surprise to find out I owed twice as much as I thought.
It came as a surprise when he succeed.
England were graphically illustrating the huge gulf in class between the sides and it was no surprise when Lampard added the second just before the half hour. Steven Gerrard found his Liverpool team-mate Glen Johnson and Lampard arrived in the area with perfect timing to glide a header beyond Namasco.
They had begun brightly but the opening goal was such a blow to their confidence it almost came as a surprise when Walcott, running through the inside-right channel, beat the offside trap and, checking back on to his left foot, turned a low shot beyond Allan McGregor in the Scotland goal.
Surprise! - A party! Awesome!
She bought the model as a surprise gift for a friend who is a lifelong HST fan and railwayman, and who will soon be celebrating a milestone birthday.
gloss: Something unexpected.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: After the housecleaners drove off, the cat left a surprise for us on the carpet.
gloss: The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Imagine my surprise on learning I owed twice as much as I thought I did.
The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.[…]The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man’s private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
gloss: To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did.
gloss: To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him.
gloss: To undergo or witness something unexpected.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: He doesn’t surprise easily.
gloss: To cause surprise.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To attack unexpectedly.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To take unawares.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: "You were right," replied Isabella, "and I should not have surprised your confidence, had I not had something I wished to say. I know what you mean to do with Mr. Glentworth's gift—a marriage would scarcely be one without wedding-dresses—he has been equally generous to me, and you must keep the money till it is wanted, which, I hope, will be soon."
gloss: Drawing attention to a surprising action by oneself.
pos: intj
examples: "Surprise!" we shouted as we jumped out from the cupboard. "Happy birthday!"
gloss: Drawing attention to something that should have been obvious.
pos: intj
tags: sarcastic
examples: When we add code modules, we will have an additional folder called (surprise!) Modules.
Synonyms: more than one bargained for
unexpected
give one a start
amazement
awe
bewilderment
flabbergast
flabbergastation
flabbergastment
shock
stupefaction
surprise
Antonyms: expectancy
expectation
Related words: quelle surprise
surprising
Derived words: come as no surprise
countersurprise
element of surprise
nonsurprise
October surprise
principle of least surprise
quel surprise
Surprise Bay
surpriseful
surpriseless
surprise lily
surprise party
surprise surprise
surprise test paradox
take by surprise
tomato surprise
unsurprise
resurprise
surprisable
surprisal
surprisation
surprisement
surpriser
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: afrikaans
lang: Albanian
word: surprizë
lang: Arabic
word: مُفَاجَأَة
roman: mufājaʔa
lang: Arabic
word: دَهْشَة
roman: dahša
lang: Armenian
word: անակնկալ
roman: anaknkal
lang: Asturian
word: sorpresa
lang: Belarusian
word: сюрпры́з
roman: sjurprýz
lang: Belarusian
word: неспадзе́ўка
roman: njespadzjéwka
lang: Bulgarian
word: изнена́да
roman: iznenáda
lang: Bulgarian
word: сюрпри́з
roman: sjurpríz
lang: Catalan
word: sorpresa
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 驚奇 /惊奇
roman: jīngqí
lang: Czech
word: překvapení
lang: Danish
word: overraskelse
lang: Dutch
word: verrassing
lang: Esperanto
word: surprizo
lang: Estonian
word: üllatus
lang: Finnish
word: yllätys
lang: French
word: surprise
lang: Galician
word: sorpresa
lang: Georgian
word: სიურპრიზი
roman: siurṗrizi
lang: German
word: Überraschung
lang: Greek
word: έκπληξη
roman: ékplixi
lang: Greek
word: ξάφνιασμα
roman: xáfniasma
lang: Hebrew
word: הַפְתָּעָה
roman: haftaá
lang: Hindi
word: आश्चर्य
roman: āścarya
lang: Hindi
word: विस्मय
roman: vismay
lang: Hungarian
word: meglepetés
lang: Indonesian
word: kejutan
lang: Irish
word: ionadh
lang: Italian
word: sorpresa
lang: Japanese
word: 驚き
roman: odoroki
lang: Korean
word: 놀라움
roman: nollaum
lang: Latin
word: inopīnātum
lang: Latvian
word: pārsteigums
lang: Lithuanian
word: staigmena
lang: Lithuanian
word: nuostaba
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Iwwerraschung
lang: Macedonian
word: изненадување
roman: iznenaduvanje
lang: Malay
word: kejutan
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: overraskelse
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: overrasking
lang: Occitan
word: suspresa
lang: Iranian Persian
word: سورْپِرایْز
roman: surperâyz
lang: Iranian Persian
word: سورْپْرایْز
roman: surprâyz
lang: Iranian Persian
word: سورْپِریز
roman: surperiz
lang: Iranian Persian
word: سورْپْریز
roman: surpriz
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Äwarauschunk
lang: Polish
word: niespodzianka
lang: Polish
word: zaskoczenie
lang: Portuguese
word: surpresa
lang: Romanian
word: surpriză
lang: Romanian
word: surprindere
lang: Russian
word: сюрпри́з
roman: sjurpríz
lang: Russian
word: неожи́данность
roman: neožídannostʹ
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: iongnadh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: изненађе́ње
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: iznenađénje
lang: Sindhi
word: اچرج
roman: ācrj
lang: Slovak
word: prekvapenie
lang: Slovene
word: presenečenje
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: pśechwatanje
lang: Spanish
word: sorpresa
lang: Swedish
word: överraskning
lang: Turkish
word: sürpriz
lang: Ukrainian
word: сюрпри́з
roman: sjurprýz
lang: Ukrainian
word: несподіва́нка
roman: nespodivánka
lang: Vietnamese
word: bất ngờ
lang: Vietnamese
word: không ngờ
lang: Walloon
word: ewaermint
lang: Walloon
word: sbarmint
lang: Welsh
word: syndod
lang: Armenian
word: անակնկալ
roman: anaknkal
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 意外
roman: yìwài
lang: Danish
word: overraskelses-
lang: Dutch
word: verrassings-
lang: Finnish
word: yllätys-
lang: French
word: surprise
lang: German
word: Überraschungs-
lang: Greek
word: αιφνίδιος
roman: aifnídios
lang: Greek
word: ξαφνικός
roman: xafnikós
lang: Hungarian
word: meglepetésszerű
lang: Hungarian
word: váratlan
lang: Malay
word: mengejut
lang: Māori
word: urumaranga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: overrasknings-
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: overraskelses-
lang: Portuguese
word: surpresa
lang: Romanian
word: surpriză
lang: Spanish
word: sorpresa
lang: Swedish
word: överrasknings-
lang: Turkish
word: sürpriz
lang: Afrikaans
word: verras
lang: Arabic
word: بَاغَتَ
roman: bāḡata
lang: Arabic
word: فَاجَأَ
roman: fājaʔa
lang: Arabic
word: دَهِشَ
roman: dahiša
lang: Armenian
word: զարմացնել
roman: zarmacʻnel
lang: Asturian
word: sorprender
lang: Azerbaijani
word: təəccübləndirmək
lang: Bangi
word: kamwisa
lang: Belarusian
word: дзіві́ць
roman: dzivícʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: здзіўля́ць
roman: zdziwljácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: здзіві́ць
roman: zdzivícʹ
lang: Bulgarian
word: изнена́двам
roman: iznenádvam
lang: Bulgarian
word: изнена́дам
roman: iznenádam
lang: Bulgarian
word: учу́двам
roman: učúdvam
lang: Bulgarian
word: учу́дя
roman: učúdja
lang: Bulgarian
word: удивля́вам
roman: udivljávam
lang: Bulgarian
word: удивя́
roman: udivjá
lang: Bulgarian
word: сюрпризирам
roman: sjurpriziram
lang: Catalan
word: sorprendre
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 使吃驚 /使吃惊
roman: shǐ chījīng
lang: Czech
word: překvapovat
lang: Czech
word: překvapit
lang: Danish
word: overraske
lang: Dutch
word: verbazen
lang: Dutch
word: verrassen
lang: Dutch
word: verbijsteren
lang: Esperanto
word: surprizi
lang: Estonian
word: üllatama
lang: Finnish
word: yllättää
lang: Finnish
word: hämmästyttää
lang: French
word: surprendre
lang: French
word: étonner
lang: Galician
word: sorprender
lang: German
word: wundern überraschen
lang: Greek
word: εκπλήσσω
roman: ekplísso
lang: Greek
word: ξαφνιάζω
roman: xafniázo
lang: Hungarian
word: meglep
lang: Ido
word: surprizar
lang: Irish
word: cuir ionadh ar
lang: Irish
word: cuir iontas ar
lang: Italian
word: stupire
lang: Italian
word: sorprendere
lang: Italian
word: meravigliare
lang: Japanese
word: 驚かす
roman: odorokasu
lang: Korean
word: 놀라게 하다
roman: nollage hada
lang: Latin
word: stupeō
lang: Latin
word: stupefaciō
lang: Lingala
word: kamwisa
lang: Lithuanian
word: nustebinti
lang: Macedonian
word: изненадува
roman: iznenaduva
lang: Macedonian
word: изненади
roman: iznenadi
lang: Māori
word: komutu
lang: Norwegian
word: overraske
lang: Persian
word: تعجب ساختن
roman: ta'ajob sâxtan
lang: Persian
word: شگفتزده ساختن
roman: šegeftzade sâxtan
lang: Polish
word: dziwić
lang: Polish
word: zadziwić
lang: Polish
word: zdziwić
lang: Portuguese
word: surpreender
lang: Romanian
word: surprinde
lang: Russian
word: удивля́ть
roman: udivljátʹ
lang: Russian
word: удиви́ть
roman: udivítʹ
lang: Slovak
word: prekvapovať
lang: Slovak
word: prekvapiť
lang: Slovene
word: presenetiti
lang: Spanish
word: sorprender
lang: Swedish
word: överraska
lang: Swedish
word: förvåna
lang: Telugu
word: ఆశ్చర్యపరచు
roman: āścaryaparacu
lang: Thai
word: ทำให้ประหลาดใจ
lang: Turkish
word: şaşırtmak
lang: Ukrainian
word: дивува́ти
roman: dyvuváty
lang: Ukrainian
word: здивува́ти
roman: zdyvuváty
lang: Ukrainian
word: чудува́ти
roman: čuduváty
lang: Ukrainian
word: зчудува́ти
roman: zčuduváty
lang: Vietnamese
word: ngạc nhiên
lang: Welsh
word: synnu
lang: Welsh
word: syfrdannu