trop

See also: tròp and trop.

English

Noun

trop (plural trops)

1. (medicine, colloquial) Abbreviation of troponin.

Anagrams

• PORT, Port, Port., Prot., port, prot-, torp

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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

• IPA^(key): /tʁo/

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Adverb

trop

1. too; too much

   La soupe est trop chaude.

   The soup is too hot.

   J'ai trop mangé.

   I have eaten too much.

2. (colloquial, intensifier) very, really, so

   Elle est trop belle !

   She is so beautiful!

Synonyms

• (colloquial intensifier): méga, fin

See also

• de trop
• pas trop
• trop de

Further reading

• “trop” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• port

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Middle French

Adverb

trop

1. too; too much

Descendants

• French: trop

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French trop (“unreasonably excessive”), from Frankish *thorp (“a cluster, agglomeration”).

Adverb

trop

1. (Guernsey) too; too much

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Old French

Alternative forms

• trope, tro

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *thorp.

Adverb

trop

1. excessively; too
2. enough; sufficiently

Descendants

• Middle French: trop
  • French: trop
• Norman: trop
• Picard: trôp, (Athois)
• Walloon: trop (Forrières), trop (Liégeois)

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “thorp”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 170, page 395

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Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• tro

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *thorp. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French trop.

Adjective

trop

1. too (excessively; to an excessive extent)

Descendants

• Occitan: tròp

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “thorp”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 170, page 395

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Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• trup

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trup/

Noun

trop m (plural trop)

1. flock

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Polish

Etymology

From dialectal Proto-Slavic *tropъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɔp/

Noun

trop m inan

1. clue
2. trace
3. spoor

Declension

declension of trop

	singular	plural
nominative	trop	tropy
genitive	tropu	tropów
dative	tropowi	tropom
accusative	trop	tropy
instrumental	tropem	tropami
locative	tropie	tropach
vocative	tropie	tropy

Synonyms

• (clue): klucz, wskazówka
• (trace): poszlaka, ślad

Related terms

• (verb) tropić
• (noun) tropiciel

Further reading

• trop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• trop in Polish dictionaries at PWN