trapu
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French trappe + -u.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁa.py/
Adjective
trapu (feminine trapue, masculine plural trapus, feminine plural trapues)
- stocky, squat
- 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 2, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
- Par contre, je me souviens très bien de Hernán Agüero, de sa petite masse explosive et trapue qui a bousculé sans égard les soldats qui encombraient l’estrade.
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Further reading
- “trapu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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