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troop

/tˈɹuːp/TROOP
/tˈɹup/TROOP

Meaninga flock, a band

Common meaning: a group of soldiers

Journey through time

  1. Late Latintropussource
  2. Old Frenchtropesource
  3. Frenchtroupe‘a troop, crue’source
  4. Englishtroop‘a group of soldiers’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Late Latin tropus ‘a flock, a band’.

Roots

  • tropus Late Latin “a flock, a band”

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