trop de

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁo də/

Adjective

trop de (invariable)

1. excessive, (an excess of)

   Il y en a trop.

   There is too much of it — or — There are too many of them.

   1. (with singulars and uncountable nouns) too much

      On est passé beaucoup trop de temps en compagnie de menteurs.

      Too much time is spent in the company of liars.

   2. (with countable nouns) too many

      Il a lis trop d’histoires effrayantes et ne sait plus s’endormir.

      He read too many scary stories and can't sleep any more.

Usage notes

• As seen above, the preposition de and the complement it introduces can be replaced with the adverbial pronoun en to reference a previously mentioned substantive.