détromper
French, verb/de.tʁɔ̃.pe/
détromper is spelled D-É-T-R-O-M-P-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Détromper is a French verb meaning “to disabuse (with de = of); to undeceive; to disillusion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tirer quelqu’un de l’erreur”.
What does détromper mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disabuse (with de = of); to undeceive; to disillusion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tirer quelqu’un de l’erreur.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of détromper
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- détrompant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- détrompé participle past
- détrompe first-person indicative present
- détrompes indicative present second-person
- détrompons first-person indicative plural
- détrompez indicative plural present
- détrompent indicative plural present
- détrompais first-person imperfect indicative
- détrompait imperfect indicative singular
- détrompions first-person imperfect indicative
- détrompiez imperfect indicative plural
- détrompaient imperfect indicative plural
- détrompai first-person historic indicative
- détrompas historic indicative past
- détrompa historic indicative past
- détrompâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce détromper?
- /de.tʁɔ̃.pe/
- \de.tʁɔ̃.pe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to détromper
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is détromper in French?
détromper appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).