/tʁo/
Translation
too, too much, too many
Word origin
From Frankish thorp ('village, heap'), via Old French trop; the sense developed from 'a heap, a crowd' to 'too much'. It is related to the source of English 'thorp'.
- Origin
- Frankish
- Root
- thorp
- English cognates
- thorp
Examples
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This coffee is too hot to drink right now.
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You work too much, you should take a few days off.
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There were too many people to get into the concert hall.
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You put too much salt in the sauce.
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There are too many people in this restaurant on Saturdays.
est un adverbe d'intensité ou de quantité excessive. Devant un adjectif ou un autre adverbe, il exprime l'excès : trop grand, trop vite. Devant un nom avec de, il quantifie en excès : trop de travail, trop d'erreurs (pas d'article après trop de).
À l'oral familier en France, trop est devenu un intensifieur positif chez les jeunes : c'est trop bien (it's really great), il est trop sympa (he's really nice). Cette valeur hyperbolique est absente du registre standard. De trop (too much, one too many, unwanted) est une locution utile : un verre de trop, se sentir de trop.
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Stories
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