trump
/tɹʌmp/noun, verb
trump is spelled T-R-U-M-P: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 85 times per million words in written English, the 1,251st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trump means “The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trump is trumps.
How many letters and syllables are in trump?
| Letters | 5: T-R-U-M-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 85 times per million words; the 1,251st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is trump?
Trump appears 85 times per million words in written English, the 1,251st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce trump?
- /tɹʌmp/
- [t͡ʃɹʌmp]
Trump has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-trump.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-trump.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of trump
- trumps plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- trumping participle, present
- trumped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trump mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
Diamonds were declared trump(s).
- 2
A playing card of that suit.
He played an even higher trump.
- 3
Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.
- 4
archaiccolloquialAn excellent person; a fine fellow, a good egg.
- 5
An old card game, almost identical to whist; the game of ruff.
- 6
A card of the major arcana of the tarot.
- 7
archaicA trumpet.
- 8
UKcolloquialA fart.
- 9
The noise made by an elephant through its trunk.
- 10
datedSynonym of Jew's harp.
verb
- 1
To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump.
He knew the hand was lost when his ace was trumped.
- 2
To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump.
- 3
To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.
to trick or trump mankind
- 4
datedTo impose unfairly; to palm off.
- 5
To supersede.
In this election, it would seem issues of national security trumped economic issues.
- 6
To outweigh; be stronger, greater, bigger than or in other way superior to.
- 7
To blow a trumpet.
- 8
UKcolloquialTo fart.
And without warning me, as he lay there, he suddenly trumped next to me in bed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Trump in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | atout , carte maîtresse , couper |
| German | Trumpf, Trumpffarbe , Trumpfkarte , stechen , Ass , trumpfen |
| Portuguese | trunfo , trunfar |
| Spanish | pinte, triunfo , as bajo la manga, baza |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does trump come from?
Possibly from French triomphe (“triumph”) or Old French triumphe. If so, it is a doublet of triumph and thriambus. Compare German Trumpf.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).