trespass

English

Etymology

Verb: From Old French trespasser (“to go across or over, transgress”), from tres- (“across, over”) + passer (“to pass”).

Noun: From Old French trespas (“passage; offense against the law”), from trespasser.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: trĕs'pəs, IPA: /ˈtɹɛspəs/, X-SAMPA: /"tr\Esp@s/
• (US) enPR: trĕs'pǎs, IPA: /ˈtɹɛspæs/, X-SAMPA: /"tr\Esp{s/

Noun

trespass (plural trespasses)

1. sin [1290]

   Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us — The Lord's Prayer. Matthew ch6. v.14, 15

2. (law) Any of various torts involving interference to another's enjoyment of his property, especially the act of being present on another's land without lawful excuse.

Translations

sin — see sin

law: interference to another's enjoyment of his property

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 侵入 (cmn) (qīnrù)

• Finnish: kotirauhan rikkominen (fi)
• German: Hausfriedensbruch (de) m

• Japanese: 不法侵入 (ja) (ふほうしんにゅう, fufō-shinnyū), 侵入 (ja) (しんにゅう, shinnyū)
• Russian: посягательство (ru) (posjagátelʹstvo) n, нарушение (ru) (narušénije) n (владе́ния)
• Scottish Gaelic: coire (gd) f
• Spanish: allanamiento (es) m, traspaso (es) m, invasión (es) f, incursión (es) f

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• French: trespas (fr)

Verb

trespass (third-person singular simple present trespasses, present participle trespassing, simple past and past participle trespassed)

1. (intransitive, now rare) To commit an offence; to sin.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To offend against, to wrong (someone).
   • 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew VI:

     And forgeve us oure trespases, even as we forgeve them which trespas us.

3. (law) To enter someone else's property illegally.

Derived terms

• trespasser

Translations

to commit an offence

• Finnish: rikkoa (fi)
• Japanese: 侵害する (ja) (しんがいする, shingai suru)

• Russian: посягать (ru) (posjagátʹ) impf., посягнуть (ru) (posjagnútʹ) pf., нарушать (ru) (narušátʹ) impf., нарушить (ru) (narúšitʹ) pf.
• Spanish: ofender (es), pecar (es)

to offend against

• Finnish: rikkoa (fi)
• Japanese: 侵害する (ja) (しんがいする, shingai suru)

• Spanish: ofender (es)

legal: to enter someone else's property illegally

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 侵入 (cmn) (qīnrù)

• Finnish: tunkeutua (fi)

• German: unbefugt betreten (de), unerlaubt betreten (de), eindringen (de)
• Japanese: 不法侵入する (ja) (ふほうしんにゅうする, fufō-shinnyū suru)

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• Mandarin: 侵入 (cmn)
• Dutch: schenden (nl)
• French: enfreindre (fr)
• German: übertreten (de)
• Greek: καταπατήσει (el) (katapatísei)
• Portuguese: infrinjir (pt)
• Spanish: violar (es), traspasar (es)
• Slovak: porušenie (sk)

External links

• trespass in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• trespass in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• trespass at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

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