"sur-" meaning in English

See sur- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /sɚ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sʌ˞/ [Received-Pronunciation]
enPR: sŭr [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From Middle English sur-, from Old French sur-, sour-, sor-, soure-, a syncopic form of the Latin super. Doublet of super-, over-, and hyper-. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sur-}} Middle English sur-, {{der|en|fro|sur-}} Old French sur-, {{der|en|la|super}} Latin super, {{doublet|en|super-|over-|hyper-}} Doublet of super-, over-, and hyper- Head templates: {{en-prefix}} sur-
  1. (not currently productive) A syncopic variant of super-. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-sur--en-prefix-yZZZLm1- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 37 44 0 5 15 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 39 41 0 4 16 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 41 0 2 23 0
  2. A stem in pre-Christian Lithuanian names Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-sur--en-prefix-sZWLpULz Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 37 44 0 5 15 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 39 41 0 4 16 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 41 0 2 23 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (above): on-, en-, epi-, super-, supra-, hyper-
Disambiguation of 'above': 54 46
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    },
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          "text": "surreach, surrebutter, surreine, surreined, surrejoinder, surreply, surreverently, surroyal"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/sɚ/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/sʌ˞/",
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "sense": "above",
      "word": "super-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "sense": "above",
      "word": "supra-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "sense": "above",
      "word": "hyper-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sur-"
}
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old French sur-",
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    },
    {
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin super",
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    },
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  "pos": "prefix",
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        {
          "text": "surreach, surrebutter, surreine, surreined, surrejoinder, surreply, surreverently, surroyal"
        }
      ],
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        "A syncopic variant of super-."
      ],
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        "(not currently productive) A syncopic variant of super-."
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      ],
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/sɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sʌ˞/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "above",
      "word": "on-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "above",
      "word": "en-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "above",
      "word": "epi-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "above",
      "word": "super-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "above",
      "word": "supra-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "above",
      "word": "hyper-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sur-"
}

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