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tromper
tromper
French
Verb
tromper
- (transitive) to deceive, lead astray, mislead
- (transitive) to trick, dupe
- (transitive) to cheat on one's significant other
- (transitive) to distract oneself from
- (reflexive) to make a mistake
- New York est la capitale des États-Unis. Ah non, je me trompe, c'est Washington.
- New York is the capital of the United states. Wait, I'm wrong, it's Washington.
- New York est la capitale des États-Unis. Ah non, je me trompe, c'est Washington.
- (reflexive, with de) to mix up
- On est en retard parce qu'on s'est trompé de route, mais on ne s'est rendu compte qu'après une demie heure.
- We're late because we took the wrong road, and we only realized after half an hour.
- On est en retard parce qu'on s'est trompé de route, mais on ne s'est rendu compte qu'après une demie heure.
Conjugation
Conjugation of tromper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tromper | avoir trompé | |||||
| gerund | en trompant | en ayant trompé | |||||
| present participle | trompant /tʁɔ̃.pɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | trompé /tʁɔ̃.pe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | trompe /tʁɔ̃p/ |
trompes /tʁɔ̃p/ |
trompe /tʁɔ̃p/ |
trompons /tʁɔ̃.pɔ̃/ |
trompez /tʁɔ̃.pe/ |
trompent /tʁɔ̃p/ |
| imperfect | trompais /tʁɔ̃.pɛ/ |
trompais /tʁɔ̃.pɛ/ |
trompait /tʁɔ̃.pɛ/ |
trompions /tʁɔ̃.pjɔ̃/ |
trompiez /tʁɔ̃.pje/ |
trompaient /tʁɔ̃.pɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | trompai /tʁɔ̃.pe/ |
trompas /tʁɔ̃.pa/ |
trompa /tʁɔ̃.pa/ |
trompâmes /tʁɔ̃.pam/ |
trompâtes /tʁɔ̃.pat/ |
trompèrent /tʁɔ̃.pɛʁ/ |
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| future | tromperai /tʁɔ̃.pʁe/ |
tromperas /tʁɔ̃.pʁa/ |
trompera /tʁɔ̃.pʁa/ |
tromperons /tʁɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/ |
tromperez /tʁɔ̃.pʁe/ |
tromperont /tʁɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | tromperais /tʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/ |
tromperais /tʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/ |
tromperait /tʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/ |
tromperions /tʁɔ̃.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tromperiez /tʁɔ̃.pə.ʁje/ |
tromperaient /tʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | trompe /tʁɔ̃p/ |
trompes /tʁɔ̃p/ |
trompe /tʁɔ̃p/ |
trompions /tʁɔ̃.pjɔ̃/ |
trompiez /tʁɔ̃.pje/ |
trompent /tʁɔ̃p/ |
| imperfect1 |
trompasse /tʁɔ̃.pas/ |
trompasses /tʁɔ̃.pas/ |
trompât /tʁɔ̃.pa/ |
trompassions /tʁɔ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
trompassiez /tʁɔ̃.pa.sje/ |
trompassent /tʁɔ̃.pas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | trompe /tʁɔ̃p/ |
— | trompons /tʁɔ̃.pɔ̃/ |
trompez /tʁɔ̃.pe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
- trompe-la-mort
- trompement
Middle French
Verb
tromper
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of tromper
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tromper | avoir trompé | |||||
| gerund | en trompant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | trompant | ||||||
| past participle | trompé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | trompe | trompes | trompe | trompons | trompez | trompent |
| imperfect | trompois, trompoys | trompois, trompoys | trompoit, trompoyt | trompions, trompyons | trompiez, trompyez | trompoient, trompoyent | |
| past historic | trompa | trompas | trompa | trompasmes | trompastes | tromperent | |
| future | tromperai, tromperay | tromperas | trompera | tromperons | tromperez | tromperont | |
| conditional | tromperois, tromperoys | tromperois, tromperoys | tromperoit, tromperoyt | tromperions, tromperyons | tromperiez, tromperyez | tromperoient, tromperoyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | trompe | trompes | trompe | trompons | trompez | trompent |
| imperfect | trompasse | trompasses | trompast | trompassions | trompassiez | trompassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | trompe | — | trompons | trompez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: tromper