troupeau

French

Etymology

Diminutive of Medieval Latin troppus (“flock”) or suffixed form of unattested Old French *trop (“group, crowd”), from Frankish *þorp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁu.po/

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Noun

troupeau m (plural troupeaux)

1. herd (of horses, bulls, elephants, buffalo etc.)
2. drove (of animals being transported)
3. flock (of sheep); gaggle (of geese)

Derived terms

• troupe

See also

• manade

Further reading

• “troupeau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.