tromper

Middle French

verb

Definitions

to trick; to deceive

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tromper (trump, delude, play on the trumpet, tramp) derived from Frankish *trumpa (trump, trumpet).

Origin

Frankish

*trumpa

Gloss

trump, trumpet

Concept

Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

trompement English
détromper French
trompe-la-mort French
tromper French
tromperie French
trompa Spanish, Castilian
trompe Old French
tromper Old French
trompette Old French
trompi Esperanto
tromba Old Portuguese
*trumpa Frankish