troupeau
French
Etymology
Diminutive of Medieval Latin troppus (“flock”) or suffixed form of unattested Old French *trop (“group, crowd”), from Frankish *thorp.
Pronunciation
Noun
troupeau m (plural troupeaux)
- herd (of horses, bulls, elephants, buffalo etc.)
- drove (of animals being transported)
- flock (of sheep); gaggle (of geese)
See also
Further reading
- “troupeau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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