"troops (soldiers)" in seven languages
Meaningtroops (soldiers)
Spanish
tropas
/ˈtɾopas/
fem.borrowed · French troupe
French
troupes
/tʁup/
fem.inherited
In the singular, une troupe is also a theatre company.
Italian
truppe
/ˈtruppe/
fem.borrowed · French troupe
Portuguese
tropas
/ˈtɾɔpɐs/
fem.borrowed · French troupe
Romanian
trupe
/ˈtrupe/
fem.borrowed · French troupe
Catalan
tropes
/ˈtɾɔpəs/
fem.borrowed · French troupe
English
troops
/tɹups/
from Latin/French · French troupe
English → Italiantroops (soldiers)truppeCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
Frankish *throp (probably)‘heap, crowd’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French troupe gave Spanish tropa and Italian truppa, and English took it twice: troop for soldiers, troupe for actors. The source behind French is probably Germanic, though this is disputed.
English relatives: troupe, trooper
Learn it
In a sentence
- esLas tropas abandonaron la ciudad.
- frLes troupes ont quitté la ville.
- itLe truppe hanno lasciato la città.
- ptAs tropas deixaram a cidade.
- roTrupele au părăsit orașul.
- caLes tropes van abandonar la ciutat.
- enThe troops left the city.
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