surprise-partie

== French == === Etymology === From English surprise party; sociological note: parties were social events where invitations were sent out to the invitees, be they children or teenagers. The novelty of the surprise-partie was its informal organization. When this became the norm, the word was re-analyzed to mean "a party thrown to surprise the one in whose honor it is made", and, in its original sense, shortened as surpat', surpatte, surboum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /syʁ.pʁiz.paʁ.ti/ === Noun === surprise-partie f (plural surprise-parties) party surprise party === Further reading === “surprise-partie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012