trop

Signification

1. too; too much
2. (colloquial) very, really, so

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tʁo/

Étymologie

Inherited from Middle French trop, from Old French trop (“unreasonably excessive”), from Frankish *þorp (“a cluster, agglomeration", also "collection of houses, village”), from Proto-Germanic *þurpą (“village”), from Proto-Indo-European *trab-, *treb- (“dwelling, room”) which are cognate with Old Saxon thorp (“village”), Old High German dorf (“village”), Old English þorp (“village”). Cognate with Italian troppo, and Piedmontese tròp/trop. More at English thorp, English troop.

Phrases

Surtout pas trop tôt .

Especially not too early.

Mais celle-ci est trop occupée à engueuler ses enfants .

But she is too busy yelling at her children.

Elle était , trop entourée heureusement , pour le rejoindre avant la grille .

She was, fortunately, too surrounded to join him before the gate.

Une sécrétion trop élevée d'aldostérone s'appelle un hyperaldostéronisme, une sécrétion trop basse un hypoaldostéronisme.

Too high a secretion of aldosterone is called hyperaldosteronism, too low a secretion is called hypoaldosteronism.