trop-plein
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From trop (“too”) + plein (“full”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
trop-plein m (plural trop-pleins)
- overflow, surplus
- 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:
- ça nous apaisait de notre trop-plein de bonheur.
- That appeased our surplus of happiness.
Further reading[edit]
- “trop-plein”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.