Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

de trop

/dəˈtɹoʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables: de trop
IPA: /dəˈtɹoʊ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

excessive or superfluous

Example Sentences

"I think that wellingtons are a little de trop for a light shower."
""I should only be de trop," said the Captain, looking at them rather wistfully. "I'd best go and talk to the hermit,"—and so he strolled off out of the hum of men, and noise, and clatter of the banquet, into the dark walk, at the end of which lived that well-known pasteboard Solitary."

Etymology

From French de trop (“too much”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: de trop

Inflected Forms

more de trop (comparative) most de trop (superlative)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce de trop?: The recorded pronunciation is /dəˈtɹoʊ/.
What does de trop mean?: excessive or superfluous
Where does de trop come from?: It is traced to French.

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