trop

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

   Elle est trop belle !

   She is very beautiful!

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

Adverb

trop

1. too; too much

Etymology

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

Adverb

trop

1. (Guernsey) too; too much

Alternative forms

• trope, tro

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *thorp.

Adverb

trop

1. excessively; too
2. enough; sufficiently

References

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

Alternative forms

• tro

Etymology

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

Adjective

trop

1. too (excessively; to an excessive extent)

References

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

Etymology

From dialectal Proto-Slavic *tropъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /trɔp/

Noun

trop m inan

1. clue
2. trace
3. spoor