surnager

syʁnaʒe

surnagea, surnageai, surnageaient

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Definition of surnager - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

intr.

liquideflotter à la surface d'un liquide

L'huile surnage toujours sur l'eau dans le verre.

flotter

nager

survivresubsister alors que d'autres choses disparaissent ou sont oubliées

Quelques souvenirs surnagent encore de cette époque lointaine.

subsister

survivre

performancemaintenir un niveau acceptable comparé aux autres

Il arrive à surnager dans cette équipe de champions.

se maintenir

tenir

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Origin of surnager

français, sur + nager (nager au-dessus)

Examples of surnager in a sentence

Le beurre fondu surnage sur la soupe chaude.
Seule la vérité finit par surnager dans le chaos.
Quelques œuvres littéraires ont su surnager à travers les siècles.
Même en difficulté, elle parvient à surnager dans sa classe.
Certains petits commerces arrivent à surnager malgré la crise.

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English:float, endure, ...
German:auf der Oberfläche schwimmen, überdauern, ...
Italian:galleggiare, sopravvivere, ...
Spanish:flotar en la superficie, perdurar, ...
Portuguese:flutuar, sobreviver, ...
Chinese:漂浮, 留存, ...
Japanese:浮かぶ, 残る, ...
Arabic:طفا, بقي, ...
Hebrew:לִשְׁחוֹת, לִשְׁרֹד, ...
Russian:плавать на поверхности, сохраняться, ...
Ukrainian:спливати, виживати серед спогадів, ...
Catalan:flotar a la superfície, sobreviure, ...
Danish:flyde ovenpå, overleve, ...
Dutch:drijven, overleven, ...
Greek:επιπλέω, επιβιώνω, ...
Hungarian:a felszínen úszni, megmaradni, ...
Khmer:អណ្ដែតលើផ្ទៃ, នៅសេសសល់, ...
Korean:떠 있다, 남아 있다, ...
Polish:unosić się na powierzchni, przetrwać, ...
Portuguese (BR):flutuar, sobreviver, ...
Romanian:a pluti, a supraviețui, ...
Swedish:flyta, fortleva, ...
Thai:ลอยอยู่บนผิวน้ำ, ยังหลงเหลืออยู่, ...
Turkish:yüzeyde kalmak, ayakta kalmak, ...
Vietnamese:nổi trên bề mặt, còn sót lại, ...

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