trappe
French, noun
trappe is spelled T-R-A-P-P-E (6 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written French, the 14,875th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trappe is a French feminine noun meaning “hatch or trap door” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, trappé is a different word: “past participle of trapper”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de porte posée horizontalement sur une ouverture au niveau du sol”.
What does trappe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehatch or trap door
- 2
feminineslangtrap (mouth)
Dumont a une grande trappe et est démagogue.
verb
- 1
past participle of trapper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de porte posée horizontalement sur une ouverture au niveau du sol. 2. Cette ouverture elle-même. 3. Sorte de porte, de fenêtre qui se hausse et qui se baisse dans une coulisse. 4. Plaque de tôle, de fonte placée dans une cheminée pour la fermer à l’occasion.
noun: 1. Variante de trappe, maison de trappistes.
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 trappe
- trappes plural
- trappée feminine
- trappés masculine plural
- trappées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to trappe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trappe in French?
trappe appears 3.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).