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/tʁup/
Translation
troop; troupe (of actors)
Word origin
From Old French trope ('band, herd'), from Late Latin troppus ('flock'). English borrowed the word twice, as 'troop' and again, later, as 'troupe'.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- trope
- English cognates
- troop, troupe
Other proposed origins
- Most accounts trace it to Late Latin troppus ('flock'), a word recorded in Frankish law texts. (troppus)
- Others derive troppus itself from Frankish thorp ('village, gathering'), which would make the word Germanic in origin. (thorp)
Grammar
Examples
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The company has been rehearsing the new show for three weeks.
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The troops withdrew before nightfall.
rejoint Lyon.
She joined a small theatre troupe in Lyon.
' courait .
A troop of children was running after the ice cream van.
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The general reviewed his troops on the square.
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