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• Received-Pronunciation: /sə(ː)ˈpɹaɪ̯z/
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• /sɚˈpɹaɪ̯z/
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• /səˈpɹaɪ̯z/ r-dissimilation
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• /sɚˈpɹaːz/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /sə(ː)ˈpɹɑ̟ɪ̯z/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /sə(ː)ˈpɹɒ̈ɪ̯z/
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• South-Asia: /sə(r)ˈprajs/
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• South-Asia: /ˈsɜ(r)ˌprajs/ spelling pronunciation
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• rhymes with -aɪz
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• CMU ARPABET: S ER0 P R AY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

274 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: изненада (iznenada) — expressing surprise, utters when one is surprised
• Khiamniungan Naga: ìe — expressing surprise, utters when one is surprised
• Russian: сюрпри́з (sjurpríz) — expressing surprise, utters when one is surprised
• Afrikaans: afrikaans — something not expected
• Albanian: surprizë — something not expected
• Arabic: مُفَاجَأَة (mufājaʔa) — something not expected
• Arabic: دَهْشَة (dahša) — something not expected
• Armenian: անակնկալ (anaknkal) — something not expected
• Asturian: sorpresa — something not expected
• Belarusian: сюрпры́з (sjurprýz) — something not expected
• Belarusian: неспадзе́ўка (njespadzjéwka) — something not expected
• Bulgarian: изнена́да (iznenáda) — something not expected
• Catalan: sorpresa — something not expected
• Chinese Mandarin: 驚奇 /惊奇 (jīngqí) — something not expected
• Czech: překvapení — something not expected
• Danish: overraskelse — something not expected
• Dutch: verrassing — something not expected
• Esperanto: surprizo — something not expected
• Estonian: üllatus — something not expected
• Finnish: yllätys — something not expected
• French: surprise — something not expected
• Galician: sorpresa — something not expected
• Georgian: სიურპრიზი (siurṗrizi) — something not expected
• German: Überraschung — something not expected
• Greek: έκπληξη (ékplixi) — something not expected
• Greek: ξάφνιασμα (xáfniasma) — something not expected
• Hebrew: הַפְתָּעָה (haftaá) — something not expected
• Hindi: आश्चर्य (āścarya) — something not expected
• Hindi: विस्मय (vismay) — something not expected
• Hungarian: meglepetés — something not expected
• Indonesian: kejutan — something not expected
• Irish: ionadh — something not expected
• Italian: sorpresa — something not expected
• Japanese: 驚き (odoroki) — something not expected
• Korean: 놀라움 (nollaum) — something not expected
• Latin: inopīnātum — something not expected
• Latvian: pārsteigums — something not expected
• Lithuanian: staigmena — something not expected
• Lithuanian: nuostaba — something not expected
• Luxembourgish: Iwwerraschung — something not expected
• Macedonian: изненадување (iznenaduvanje) — something not expected
• Malay: kejutan — something not expected
• Norwegian Bokmål: overraskelse — something not expected
• Norwegian Nynorsk: overrasking — something not expected
• Occitan: suspresa — something not expected
• Iranian Persian: سورْپِرایْز (surperâyz) — something not expected
• Iranian Persian: سورْپْرایْز (surprâyz) — something not expected
• Iranian Persian: سورْپِریز (surperiz) — something not expected
• Iranian Persian: سورْپْریز (surpriz) — something not expected
• Plautdietsch: Äwarauschunk — something not expected
• Polish: niespodzianka — something not expected
• Polish: zaskoczenie — something not expected
• Portuguese: surpresa — something not expected
• Romanian: surpriză — something not expected
• Romanian: surprindere — something not expected
• Russian: сюрпри́з (sjurpríz) — something not expected
• Russian: неожи́данность (neožídannostʹ) — something not expected
• Scottish Gaelic: iongnadh — something not expected
• Serbo-Croatian: изненађе́ње — something not expected
• Serbo-Croatian: iznenađénje — something not expected
• Sindhi: اچرج (ācrj) — something not expected
• Slovak: prekvapenie — something not expected
• Slovene: presenečenje — something not expected
• Lower Sorbian: pśechwatanje — something not expected
• Spanish: sorpresa — something not expected
• Swedish: överraskning — something not expected
• Turkish: sürpriz — something not expected
• Ukrainian: сюрпри́з (sjurprýz) — something not expected
• Ukrainian: несподіва́нка (nespodivánka) — something not expected
• Vietnamese: bất ngờ — something not expected
• Vietnamese: không ngờ — something not expected
• Walloon: ewaermint — something not expected
• Walloon: sbarmint — something not expected
• Welsh: syndod — something not expected
• Armenian: անակնկալ (anaknkal) — attributively: that is unexpected
• Chinese Mandarin: 意外 (yìwài) — attributively: that is unexpected
• Danish: overraskelses- — attributively: that is unexpected
• Dutch: verrassings- — attributively: that is unexpected
• Finnish: yllätys- — attributively: that is unexpected
• French: surprise — attributively: that is unexpected
• German: Überraschungs- — attributively: that is unexpected
• Greek: αιφνίδιος (aifnídios) — attributively: that is unexpected
• Greek: ξαφνικός (xafnikós) — attributively: that is unexpected
• Hungarian: meglepetésszerű — attributively: that is unexpected
• Hungarian: váratlan — attributively: that is unexpected
• Malay: mengejut — attributively: that is unexpected
• Māori: urumaranga — attributively: that is unexpected
• Norwegian Bokmål: overrasknings- — attributively: that is unexpected
• Norwegian Bokmål: overraskelses- — attributively: that is unexpected
• Portuguese: surpresa — attributively: that is unexpected
• Romanian: surpriză — attributively: that is unexpected
• Spanish: sorpresa — attributively: that is unexpected
• Swedish: överrasknings- — attributively: that is unexpected
• Turkish: sürpriz — attributively: that is unexpected
• Albanian: habi — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Arabic: دَهْشَة (dahša) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Arabic: تَعَجُّب (taʕajjub) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Armenian: զարմանք (zarmankʻ) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Avar: тамашальи (tamašalji) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Azerbaijani: təəccüb — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Belarusian: здзіўле́нне (zdziwljénnje) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Belarusian: зьдзіўле́ньне (zʹdziwljénʹnje) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Bulgarian: удивле́ние (udivlénie) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Catalan: sorpresa — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Chinese Mandarin: 驚訝 /惊讶 (jīngyà) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Chinese Mandarin: 驚喜 /惊喜 (jīngxǐ) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Czech: překvapení — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Danish: overraskelse — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Dutch: verrassing — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Dutch: verbazing — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Dutch: verbijstering — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Finnish: hämmästys — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Georgian: გაკვირვება (gaḳvirveba) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• German: Überraschung — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Greek: έκπληξη (ékplixi) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Hungarian: ámulat — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Hungarian: megdöbbenés — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Hungarian: meglepődés — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Ingrian: kummitus — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Irish: ionadh — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Italian: sorpresa — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Italian: stupore — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Japanese: 驚き (odoroki) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Japanese: 驚愕 (kyōgaku) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Korean: 놀라움 (nollaum) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Macedonian: изненадување (iznenaduvanje) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Māori: māharotanga — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Marathi: आश्चर्य (āścarya) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Norwegian Bokmål: overraskelse — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Occitan: suspresa — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Iranian Persian: تَعَجُّب (ta'ajjob) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Iranian Persian: شِگِفْت (šegeft) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Iranian Persian: شِگِفْتزَدِه (šegeft-zade) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Iranian Persian: غافِلگیر (ġâfel-gir) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Iranian Persian: سورْپِرایْز (surperâyz) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Iranian Persian: سورْپْرایْز (surprâyz) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Iranian Persian: سورْپِریز (surperiz) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Iranian Persian: سورْپْریز (surpriz) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Iranian Persian: حِیْرَت (heyrat) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Polish: zdziwienie — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Portuguese: surpresa — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Romanian: surprindere — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Romanian: surpriză — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Russian: удивле́ние (udivlénije) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Serbo-Croatian: изненађе́ње — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Serbo-Croatian: iznenađénje — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Slovak: prekvapenie — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Slovene: presenečenje — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Lower Sorbian: pśechwatanje — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Spanish: sorpresa — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Swedish: överraskning — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Swedish: förvåning — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Tamil: ஆச்சரியம் (āccariyam) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Ottoman Turkish: شاشقینلق (şaşkınlık) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Ukrainian: здивува́ння (zdyvuvánnja) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Ukrainian: по́див (pódyv) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Urdu: تَعَجُّب (ta'ajjub) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Urdu: حَیرَت (hairat) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Urdu: حَیرَانْگِی (hairāngī) — feeling that something unexpected has happened
• Afrikaans: verras — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Arabic: بَاغَتَ (bāḡata) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Arabic: فَاجَأَ (fājaʔa) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Arabic: دَهِشَ (dahiša) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Armenian: զարմացնել (zarmacʻnel) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Asturian: sorprender — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Azerbaijani: təəccübləndirmək — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Bangi: kamwisa — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Belarusian: дзіві́ць (dzivícʹ) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Belarusian: здзіўля́ць (zdziwljácʹ) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Belarusian: здзіві́ць (zdzivícʹ) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Bulgarian: изнена́двам (iznenádvam) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Bulgarian: изнена́дам (iznenádam) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Bulgarian: учу́двам (učúdvam) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Bulgarian: учу́дя (učúdja) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Bulgarian: удивля́вам (udivljávam) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Bulgarian: удивя́ (udivjá) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Catalan: sorprendre — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Chinese Mandarin: 使吃驚 /使吃惊 (shǐ chījīng) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Czech: překvapovat — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Czech: překvapit — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Danish: overraske — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Dutch: verbazen — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Dutch: verrassen — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Dutch: verbijsteren — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Esperanto: surprizi — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Estonian: üllatama — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Finnish: yllättää — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Finnish: hämmästyttää — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• French: surprendre — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• French: étonner — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Galician: sorprender — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• German: wundern überraschen — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Greek: εκπλήσσω (ekplísso) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Greek: ξαφνιάζω (xafniázo) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Hungarian: meglep — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Ido: surprizar — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Irish: cuir ionadh ar — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Irish: cuir iontas ar — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Italian: stupire — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Italian: sorprendere — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Italian: meravigliare — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Japanese: 驚かす (odorokasu) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Korean: 놀라게 하다 (nollage hada) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Latin: stupeō — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Latin: stupefaciō — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Lingala: kamwisa — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Lithuanian: nustebinti — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Macedonian: изненадува (iznenaduva) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Macedonian: изненади (iznenadi) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Māori: komutu — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Norwegian: overraske — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Persian: تعجب ساختن (ta'ajob sâxtan) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Persian: شگفتزده ساختن (šegeftzade sâxtan) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Polish: dziwić — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Polish: zadziwić — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Polish: zdziwić — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Portuguese: surpreender — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Romanian: surprinde — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Russian: удивля́ть (udivljátʹ) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Russian: удиви́ть (udivítʹ) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Slovak: prekvapovať — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Slovak: prekvapiť — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Slovene: presenetiti — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Spanish: sorprender — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Swedish: överraska — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Swedish: förvåna — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Telugu: ఆశ్చర్యపరచు (āścaryaparacu) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Thai: ทําให้ประหลาดใจ — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Turkish: şaşırtmak — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Ukrainian: дивува́ти (dyvuváty) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Ukrainian: здивува́ти (zdyvuváty) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Ukrainian: чудува́ти (čuduváty) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Ukrainian: зчудува́ти (zčuduváty) — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Vietnamese: ngạc nhiên — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Welsh: synnu — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Welsh: syfrdannu — cause (someone) to feel surprise
• Armenian: անակնկալի բերել (anaknkali berel) — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Armenian: զարմացնել (zarmacʻnel) — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Bulgarian: изненадвам (iznenadvam) — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Danish: overraske — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Dutch: verrassen — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Estonian: üllatama — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Finnish: yllättää — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• French: faire une surprise à — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• German: überraschen — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Greek: κάνω έκπληξη (káno ékplixi) — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Greek: αιφνιδιάζω (aifnidiázo) — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Indonesian: mengejutkan — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Irish: cuir ionadh ar — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Irish: cuir iontas ar — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Māori: komutu — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Māori: ninihi — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Norwegian: overraske — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Polish: zaskakiwać — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Polish: zaskoczyć — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Portuguese: surpreender — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Romanian: surprinde — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Slovene: presenetiti — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Swedish: överraska — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Turkish: şaşırtmak — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Turkish: sürpriz yapmak — do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
• Bulgarian: заварвам неподготвен (zavarvam nepodgotven) — to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly
• Finnish: yllättää — to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly
• Greek: αιφνιδιάζω (aifnidiázo) — to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly
• Greek: ξαφνιάζω (xafniázo) — to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly
• Irish: breith amuigh ar — to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly
• Māori: ninihi — to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly
• Māori: komutu — to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly
• Norwegian Bokmål: overrumple — to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly
• Norwegian Bokmål: overraske — to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly
• Norwegian Bokmål: ta på sengen — to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly
• Portuguese: surpreender — to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly
• Russian: заста́ть враспло́х (zastátʹ vrasplóx) — to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly
• Welsh: dal ar y gamfa — to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly