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French
Etymology
From trépasser.
Pronunciation
Noun
trépas m (plural trépas)
- (literary) death, demise (of a person)
- Synonyms: décès, mort
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
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Noun
trépas m (uncountable)
- (Jersey) death