tropel

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *troppellus, diminutive from Medieval Latin troppus, from Frankish *throp, from Proto-Germanic *þruppaz, *þrubą (“cluster”).

Noun

tropel m (oblique plural tropeaus or tropeax or tropiaus or tropiax or tropels, nominative singular tropeaus or tropeax or tropiaus or tropiax or tropels, nominative plural tropel)

  1. group

Descendants
  • Middle French: troupel, troupeau
  • Picard: troupiaû, troupiô (Athois)
  • Walloon: troupia (Charleroi), tropê (Forrières)
  • → Middle English: tropel

Portuguese

Noun

tropel m (plural tropéis)

  1. swarm (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)

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Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɾoˈpel/, [t̪ɾoˈpel]

Noun

tropel m (plural tropeles)

  1. swarm
  2. mob, crowd
  3. squad, troop

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