trappe

See also: Trappe and trappé

Afrikaans

Noun

trappe

1. plural of trap

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trapə/, [ˈtˢʁɑb̥ə]

Noun

trappe c (singular definite trappen, plural indefinite trapper)

1. stairs, stairway
2. bustard

Inflection

Declension of trappe

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	trappe	trappen	trapper	trapperne
genitive	trappes	trappens	trappers	trappernes

References

• “trappe” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Verb

trappe

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

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁap/

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Noun

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.

Derived terms

• passer à la trappe

Further reading

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• trap, trape

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrap(ə)/

Noun

trappe (plural trappes)

1. trap (device for catching or restraining)
2. trap (situation arranged for catching)

Related terms

• calketrappe
• trappen (“to trap”)

Descendants

• English: trap
• Middle Scots: trap, trape, trop
  • Scots: trap
• Yola: traaps

References

• “trappe, n.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman trape, alteration of Old French drap, from Late Latin drappum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrap(ə)/

Noun

trappe (plural trappes or trappen)

1. A trapping or caparison; a decorated horse cover.
2. One's personal belongings or household goods.

Related terms

• trappen (“to adorn a horse”)
• trappour

Descendants

• English: trap (obsolete)
• Middle Scots: trap

References

• “trappe, n.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Middle French trape, trappe (“baking dish”), probably a special semantic development of Old French trape (“trap”) and thus ultimately identical to Etymology 1.

Alternative forms

• tarppe, trap, trape

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrap(ə)/, /ˈtraːp(ə)/

Noun

trappe (plural trappes)

1. A baking dish.

References

• “trappe, n.(3)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

trappe f (plural trappes)

1. (Jersey) trapdoor