trépas
French
Etymology
From trépasser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁe.pa/, /tʁe.pɑ/
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Noun
trépas m (plural trépas)
- (literary) death, demise (of a person)
- 1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act 2, scene 1:
- Quoi ! vous me pleureriez mourant pour mon pays ! / Pour un cœur généreux ce trépas a des charmes.
- What! You would mourn me dying for my country! / For a noble heart, this demise is beguiling.
- 1996, “Rimes féminines”, in Rimes féminines, performed by Juliette:
- Et jouir du bienheureux trépas / Pour dans leurs pas mettre mes pas
- And make the most of blessed death / By following in their footsteps
Derived terms
Further reading
- “trépas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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