trop

French

Etymology

From Middle French trop, from Old French trop (“unreasonably excessive”), from Frankish *thorp (“a cluster, agglomeration", also "collection of houses, village”), from Proto-Germanic *þurpą (“village”), from Proto-Indo-European *trab-, *treb- (“dwelling, room”). Cognate with Old Saxon thorp (“village”), Old High German thorf (“village”), Old English þorp (“village”). More at thorp, troop.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /tʁo/, X-SAMPA: /tRo/

Adverb

trop

1. too; too much

   La soupe est trop chaude.

   The soup is too hot.

See also

• de trop
• pas trop
• trop de

Anagrams

• port

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Guernésiais

Etymology

From Old French trop (“unreasonably excessive”), of Germanic origin.

Adverb

trop

1. too; too much

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Middle French

Adverb

trop

1. too; too much

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Old French

Adverb

trop

1. excessively; too
2. enough; sufficiently

Descendants

• French: trop
• Guernésiais: trop