trappe

trappe

1. plural of trap

Borrowed from Middle Low German trappe, from Old Saxon *trappā, from Proto-West Germanic *trappā.

• IPA^(key): /trapə/, [ˈtˢʁɑb̥ə]

trappe c (singular definite trappen, plural indefinite trapper)

1. stairs, stairway
2. bustard

• “trappe” in Den Danske Ordbog

trappe

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of trappen

From Middle French trappe, from Old French trape (“trap, snare”), from Old Frankish *trappa (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *trap-, *tramp- (“to step”), from Proto-Indo-European *dremb- (“to run”). More at English trap.

• IPA^(key): /tʁap/

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trappe f (plural trappes)

1. hatch or trap door
2. (slang) trap (mouth)

   Dumont a une grande trappe et est démagogue.

   Dumont has a big trap, and he's a demagogue.

• passer à la trappe

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

From Old English træppe, treppe (“trap, snare”), from Proto-West Germanic *trappā.

trappe (plural trappes)

1. trap (device for catching)

• English: trap

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trappe f (plural trappes)

1. (Jersey) trapdoor