Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese tropel (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French tropel (group).

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tropel m (plural tropeis)

  1. swarm
    Synonym: fato
  2. troop

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References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (20062022) “tropel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “tropel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • tropel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • tropel” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • tropel” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old French

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *troppellus, diminutive from Medieval Latin troppus.

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tropel oblique singularm (oblique plural tropeaus or tropeax or tropiaus or tropiax or tropels, nominative singular tropeaus or tropeax or tropiaus or tropiax or tropels, nominative plural tropel)

  1. group

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Spanish tropel.

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tropel m (plural tropéis)

  1. swarm (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
    Synonym: turba

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From tropa.

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  • IPA(key): /tɾoˈpel/ [t̪ɾoˈpel]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: tro‧pel

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tropel m (plural tropeles)

  1. mob, crowd, swarm
    Synonym: muchedumbre
  2. squad, troop

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