Masculine

troupeau

Meaning

  1. (masculine) herd (of horses, bulls, elephants, buffalo etc.)
  2. (masculine) drove (of animals being transported)
  3. (masculine) flock (of sheep); gaggle (of geese)

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tʁu.po/
Etymology

In summary

Diminutive from Early Medieval Latin troppus (“flock”) or suffixed form of unattested Old French *trop (“group, crowd”), from Frankish *þorp.

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