tromper
French
Etymology
From Middle French tromper, from Old French tromper (“to tramp, trump, delude”, literally “to play on the trumpet”), from trompe (“trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa (“trump, trumpet”), akin to Old High German trumba, trumpa (“trump, trumpet”). More at tramp, tromp, trump.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁɔ̃.pe/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: trom‧per
Verb
tromper
- (transitive) to deceive, lead astray, mislead
- (transitive) to trick, dupe
- (transitive) to cheat on one's significant other
- (transitive) to distract oneself from
- (reflexive) to make a mistake
- New York est la capitale des États-Unis. Ah non, je me trompe, c'est Washington.
- New York is the capital of the United states. Wait, I'm wrong, it's Washington.
- (reflexive, with de) to mix up
- On est en retard parce qu'on s'est trompé de route, mais on ne s'est rendu compte qu'après une demie heure.
- We're late because we took the wrong road, and we only realized after half an hour.
Conjugation
Conjugation of tromper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | trompant /tʁɔ̃.pɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | trompé /tʁɔ̃.pe/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | tromper | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | trompant /tʁɔ̃.pɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | trompe /tʁɔ̃p/ |
trompes /tʁɔ̃p/ |
trompe /tʁɔ̃p/ |
trompons /tʁɔ̃.pɔ̃/ |
trompez /tʁɔ̃.pe/ |
trompent /tʁɔ̃p/ |
| imperfect | trompais /tʁɔ̃.pɛ/ |
trompais /tʁɔ̃.pɛ/ |
trompait /tʁɔ̃.pɛ/ |
trompions /tʁɔ̃.pjɔ̃/ |
trompiez /tʁɔ̃.pje/ |
trompaient /tʁɔ̃.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | trompai /tʁɔ̃.pe/ |
trompas /tʁɔ̃.pa/ |
trompa /tʁɔ̃.pa/ |
trompâmes /tʁɔ̃.pam/ |
trompâtes /tʁɔ̃.pat/ |
trompèrent /tʁɔ̃.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | tromperai /tʁɔ̃.pʁe/ |
tromperas /tʁɔ̃.pʁa/ |
trompera /tʁɔ̃.pʁa/ |
tromperons /tʁɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/ |
tromperez /tʁɔ̃.pʁe/ |
tromperont /tʁɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tromperais /tʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/ |
tromperais /tʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/ |
tromperait /tʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/ |
tromperions /tʁɔ̃.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tromperiez /tʁɔ̃.pə.ʁje/ |
tromperaient /tʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | trompe /tʁɔ̃p/ |
trompes /tʁɔ̃p/ |
trompe /tʁɔ̃p/ |
trompions /tʁɔ̃.pjɔ̃/ |
trompiez /tʁɔ̃.pje/ |
trompent /tʁɔ̃p/ |
| imperfect2 | trompasse /tʁɔ̃.pas/ |
trompasses /tʁɔ̃.pas/ |
trompât /tʁɔ̃.pa/ |
trompassions /tʁɔ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
trompassiez /tʁɔ̃.pa.sje/ |
trompassent /tʁɔ̃.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | trompe /tʁɔ̃p/ |
— | trompons /tʁɔ̃.pɔ̃/ |
trompez /tʁɔ̃.pe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of se tromper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | se trompant /sə tʁɔ̃.pɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | trompé /tʁɔ̃.pe/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | se tromper | ||||||
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | se trompant /sə tʁɔ̃.pɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | s'étant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me trompe /mə tʁɔ̃p/ |
te trompes /tə tʁɔ̃p/ |
se trompe /sə tʁɔ̃p/ |
nous trompons /nu tʁɔ̃.pɔ̃/ |
vous trompez /vu tʁɔ̃.pe/ |
se trompent /sə tʁɔ̃p/ |
| imperfect | me trompais /mə tʁɔ̃.pɛ/ |
te trompais /tə tʁɔ̃.pɛ/ |
se trompait /sə tʁɔ̃.pɛ/ |
nous trompions /nu tʁɔ̃.pjɔ̃/ |
vous trompiez /vu tʁɔ̃.pje/ |
se trompaient /sə tʁɔ̃.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me trompai /mə tʁɔ̃.pe/ |
te trompas /tə tʁɔ̃.pa/ |
se trompa /sə tʁɔ̃.pa/ |
nous trompâmes /nu tʁɔ̃.pam/ |
vous trompâtes /vu tʁɔ̃.pat/ |
se trompèrent /sə tʁɔ̃.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | me tromperai /mə tʁɔ̃.pʁe/ |
te tromperas /tə tʁɔ̃.pʁa/ |
se trompera /sə tʁɔ̃.pʁa/ |
nous tromperons /nu tʁɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/ |
vous tromperez /vu tʁɔ̃.pʁe/ |
se tromperont /sə tʁɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me tromperais /mə tʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/ |
te tromperais /tə tʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/ |
se tromperait /sə tʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/ |
nous tromperions /nu tʁɔ̃.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous tromperiez /vu tʁɔ̃.pə.ʁje/ |
se tromperaient /sə tʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me trompe /mə tʁɔ̃p/ |
te trompes /tə tʁɔ̃p/ |
se trompe /sə tʁɔ̃p/ |
nous trompions /nu tʁɔ̃.pjɔ̃/ |
vous trompiez /vu tʁɔ̃.pje/ |
se trompent /sə tʁɔ̃p/ |
| imperfect2 | me trompasse /mə tʁɔ̃.pas/ |
te trompasses /tə tʁɔ̃.pas/ |
se trompât /sə tʁɔ̃.pa/ |
nous trompassions /nu tʁɔ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
vous trompassiez /vu tʁɔ̃.pa.sje/ |
se trompassent /sə tʁɔ̃.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | trompe-toi /tʁɔ̃p.twa/ |
— | trompons-nous /tʁɔ̃.pɔ̃.nu/ |
trompez-vous /tʁɔ̃.pe.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tromper” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Middle French
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of tromper
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tromper | avoir trompé | |||||
| gerund | en trompant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | trompant | ||||||
| past participle | trompé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | trompe | trompes | trompe | trompons | trompez | trompent |
| imperfect | trompois, trompoys | trompois, trompoys | trompoit, trompoyt | trompions, trompyons | trompiez, trompyez | trompoient, trompoyent | |
| past historic | trompa | trompas | trompa | trompasmes | trompastes | tromperent | |
| future | tromperai, tromperay | tromperas | trompera | tromperons | tromperez | tromperont | |
| conditional | tromperois, tromperoys | tromperois, tromperoys | tromperoit, tromperoyt | tromperions, tromperyons | tromperiez, tromperyez | tromperoient, tromperoyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | trompe | trompes | trompe | trompons | trompez | trompent |
| imperfect | trompasse | trompasses | trompast | trompassions | trompassiez | trompassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | trompe | — | trompons | trompez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: tromper
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