French word

surgir

Pronunciation

IPA/syʁʒiʁ/

Meaning

  • verbarise

Example

Des problèmes surgissent pendant la réunion.

Problems arise during the meeting.

Illustration for surgir (arise)

More examples

Un doute surgit lorsqu'il lit le message.

A doubt arises when he reads the message.

Core concept

An unforeseen event springs up from the background of a situation.

Common phrases

  • un doute surgit

    A doubt arises

  • des problèmes surgissent

    Problems arise

  • des questions surgissent

    Questions arise

Similar words

arriver: To occur as an event.
apparaître: To show up and become visible.
survenir: To occur without warning.
se produire: To come about as an event.

Definition in French

Se produire ou apparaître, surtout de manière soudaine ou imprévue dans un contexte donné.

Word origin

The French verb surgir preserves the emergence sense of Latin surgere, "to rise", which developed into the meaning of appearing or occurring suddenly.

Usage tips

  • French surgir usually means to emerge or occur, not simply to increase rapidly as English "surge" often does.

Opposites

Related words

  • surgissementemergencenoun
  • ressurgirreappearverb

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