trop
See also: trop.
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
trop
- too; too much
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La soupe est trop chaude.
- The soup is too hot.
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J'ai trop mangé.
- I have eaten too much.
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- (colloquial, intensifier) very
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Elle est trop belle !
- She is very beautiful!
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SynonymsEdit
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “trop” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle FrenchEdit
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French trop (“unreasonably excessive”), from Frankish *thorp (“a cluster, agglomeration”).
AdverbEdit
trop
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from Frankish *thorp
AdverbEdit
trop
DescendantsEdit
- Middle French: trop
- French: trop
- Norman: trop
- Picard: trôp, (Athois)
- Walloon: trop (Forrières), trop (Liégeois)
ReferencesEdit
- von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “thorp”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 170, page 395
Old ProvençalEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from Frankish *thorp. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French trop.
AdjectiveEdit
trop
- too (excessively; to an excessive extent)
ReferencesEdit
- von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “thorp”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 170, page 395