See also: trepas and trepás

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Etymology edit

From trépasser.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tʁe.pa/, /tʁe.pɑ/
  • (file)

Noun edit

trépas m (plural trépas)

  1. (literary) death, demise (of a person)
    Synonyms: décès, mort
    • 1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act 2, scene 1:
      Quoi ! vous me pleureriez mourant pour mon pays ! / Pour un cœur généreux ce trépas a des charmes.
      What! You would mourn me dying for my country! / For a noble heart, this demise is beguiling.
    • 1996, “Rimes féminines”, in Rimes féminines, performed by Juliette:
      Et jouir du bienheureux trépas / Pour dans leurs pas mettre mes pas
      And make the most of blessed death / By following in their footsteps

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trépas m (uncountable)

  1. (Jersey) death