trappe

See also: Trappe and trappé

Afrikaans

Noun

trappe

1. plural of trap

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Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German trappe.

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

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Dutch

Verb

trappe

1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of trappen

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French

Etymology

From Middle French trappe, from Old French trape (“trap, snare”), from Old Frankish *trappa (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *trap-, *tramp- (“to step”). 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.

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Further reading

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

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Interlingue

Noun

1. trap

Related terms

• trappar
• trappero

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Middle English

Noun

trappe (plural trappes)

1. trap (device for catching)

Descendants

• English: trap

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Norman

Etymology

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Noun

trappe f (plural trappes)

1. (Jersey) trapdoor