de trop

English

Etymology

From French de trop (“too much”).

Pronunciation

• (anglicized, General American) IPA^(key): /dəˈtɹoʊ/

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• (anglicized, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dəˈtɹəʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Adjective

de trop (comparative more de trop, superlative most de trop)

1. excessive or superfluous

   I think that wellingtons are a little de trop for a light shower.

   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 6, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     "I should only be de trop," said the Captain, looking at them rather wistfully. "I'd best go and talk to the hermit,"—and so he strolled off out of the hum of men, and noise, and clatter of the banquet, into the dark walk, at the end of which lived that well-known pasteboard Solitary.

Anagrams

• deport, ported, red top, red-top, redtop, troped

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də tʁo/

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Adjective

de trop (invariable)

1. too many, too much, more than is desirable, in excess

   Synonym: en trop

   Vous m’avez rendu dix centimes de trop. ― You gave me back ten cents too much.

   la fois de trop ― the straw that broke the camel's back

   le mot de trop ― the last straw

   ne pas être de trop ― not to go amiss

2. unnecessary; unwanted; in the way

   Synonyms: gênant, importun, indésirable

   Je me suis senti de trop pendant cette soirée. ― I felt like I was unwanted during that evening.

Descendants

• → English: de trop