tromper
French, verb/tʁɔ̃.pe/
tromper is spelled T-R-O-M-P-E-R (7 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,224th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tromper is a French verb meaning “to trick, dupe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Induire en erreur, par artifice”.
What does tromper mean in English?
verb
- 1
to trick, dupe
- 2
to cheat on one's significant other
- 3
to distract oneself from
- 4
to make a mistake, be wrong
New York est la capitale des États-Unis. Ah non, je me trompe, c'est Washington.
- 5
to mix up
On est en retard parce qu'on s'est trompé de route, mais on ne s'est rendu compte qu'après une demie heure.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Induire en erreur, par artifice. 2. (forme qqn trompe qqn). Abuser de la confiance de quelqu’un. 3. Trahir, être infidèle à son partenaire. 4. Faire fuir (une émotion, un état) par diversion. → voir tromper sa faim, tromper l’ennui et tromper le temps
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 tromper
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- trompant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- trompé participle past
- trompe first-person indicative present
- trompes indicative present second-person
- trompons first-person indicative plural
- trompez indicative plural present
- trompent indicative plural present
- trompais first-person imperfect indicative
- trompait imperfect indicative singular
- trompions first-person imperfect indicative
- trompiez imperfect indicative plural
- trompaient imperfect indicative plural
- trompai first-person historic indicative
- trompas historic indicative past
- trompa historic indicative past
- trompâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tromper?
- /tʁɔ̃.pe/
- \tʁɔ̃.pe\
- [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 tromper
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tromper in French?
tromper appears 18 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).