trape

== English == === Etymology === Perhaps via Medieval Latin *trappa, from Old English træppe / treppe (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *trap-, from Proto-Indo-European *dreb-, from *der- (“to walk, step”). === Pronunciation === enPR: trāp (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /tɹeɪ̯p/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /tɹæɪ̯p/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /tɹep/ (India) IPA(key): /ʈɾeːp/ Rhymes: -eɪp Hyphenation: trape === Noun === trape (plural trapes) (obsolete) A messy or untidy woman. === Verb === trape (third-person singular simple present trapes, present participle traping, simple past and past participle traped) (intransitive) To drag. No, that coat's too big; it'll trape along the ground if you wear it. (intransitive) To run about idly or like a slattern. === Anagrams === Peart, Petra, apert, apter, parte, pater, peart, petar, petra, prate, preta, reapt, repat, retap, taper, treap == Albanian == === Noun === trape indefinite nominative/accusative plural of trap == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁap/ Hyphenation: trape === Verb === trape inflection of traper: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== trape alternative form of trappe (“trap”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== trape alternative form of trappe (“baking dish”) == Old French == === Alternative forms === trappe === Etymology === From Medieval Latin trappa, trapa, borrowed from Frankish *trappā. More at English trap. === Noun === trape oblique singular, f (oblique plural trapes, nominative singular trape, nominative plural trapes) trap (device design to ensnare or trap) hiding place ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: trappe, trape French: trappe === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “trape”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. trappe on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French draper. Assimilated to trapo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɾape/ [ˈt̪ɾa.pe] Rhymes: -ape Syllabification: tra‧pe === Noun === trape m (plural trapes) (dated) intermediate fabric used to make drapery === Further reading === “trape”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025