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trump en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /tɹʌmp/
• [t͡ʃɹʌmp] some speakers

Etymology

Possibly from French triomphe (“triumph”) or Old French triumphe. If so, it is a doublet of triumph and thriambus. Compare German Trumpf.

Meanings

1. The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
   • And now her Heart with Pleasure jumps, She scarce remembers what is Trumps. 1730, Jonathan Swift, “Death And Daphne,”, in Some Verse Pieces:
   • Diamonds were declared trump(s).
2. A playing card of that suit.
   • He played an even higher trump.
3. (figuratively) Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.
   • VVere Iacke Strawe a liue againe, And I in as good poſſibility as euer I was, I would lay a ſurer trumpe, Ere I would loſe ſo faire a tricke. 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act IV:
4. (archaic, colloquial) An excellent person; a fine fellow, a good egg.
   • All hands voted Queequeg a noble trump; the captain begged his pardon. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 13”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
   • Alfred is a trump, I think you say. 1854, Arthur Pendennis [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], →OCLC:
   • Brooke was a trump to telegraph right off. 1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC, pages 19 and 163:
   • [W]e permitted no hostile foot to pass over or desecrate his resting place; shall be that which to learn the last trump shall awaken our WASHINGTON. 1838, Abraham Lincoln, “Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois”, in The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2013:
5. An old card game, almost identical to whist; the game of ruff.
   • Trionfo,[…]also a trump at cards, or the play called trump or ruff. 1598, John Florio, “Trump”, in A Worlde of Words, or Most Copious, and Exact Dictionarie in Italian and English, […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield for Edw[ard] Blount, →OCLC:
   • There be many one that breaketh this carde,[…]and playeth there with oftentimes at the blinde trompe, wherby they be no winners but great losers c. 1529, Hugh Latimer, Sermons on the Card:
6. A card of the major arcana of the tarot.

Forms

Deriveds

come up trumps · trump of doom · no-trump · trumpless · put someone to their trumps · last trump · nontrump

Translations (157)

eo atuto (suit that outranks all others) · ur تُرُوپ (suit that outranks all others) · be ко́зыр (suit that outranks all others) · sq atu (suit that outranks all others) · ur تُرُپ (suit that outranks all others) · fi valtti (playing card of that suit) · pl atut (something that gives one an advantage) · pl kozera (suit that outranks all others) · sl adut (playing card of that suit) · es triunfo (playing card of that suit) · my ဝှက်ဖဲ (suit that outranks all others) · cs trumf (something that gives one an advantage) · nl troef (something that gives one an advantage) · ja 切り札 (something that gives one an advantage) · tr koz (suit that outranks all others) · sh àdūt (playing card of that suit) · bg коз (playing card of that suit) · ko 으뜸패 (suit that outranks all others) · da trumf (suit that outranks all others) · hu tromf (suit that outranks all others) · yue 王牌 (suit that outranks all others) · ar وَرَقَة رَابِحَة (suit that outranks all others) · lt koziris (suit that outranks all others) · es triunfo (suit that outranks all others) · it briscola (playing card of that suit) · th ไพ่ตาย (suit that outranks all others) · gl trunfo (suit that outranks all others) · sw turufu (playing card of that suit) · pon wek (suit that outranks all others) · id truf (suit that outranks all others) · cmn 王牌 (something that gives one an advantage) · it asso nella manica (something that gives one an advantage) · hy կոզիր (playing card of that suit) · es pinte (playing card of that suit) · lt švietalas (playing card of that suit) · ja 切り札 (suit that outranks all others) · is tromp (suit that outranks all others) · da trumf (playing card of that suit) · it briscola di seme (suit that outranks all others) · ru ко́зырь (playing card of that suit) · cs trumf (playing card of that suit) · ba уйын (suit that outranks all others) · ug كوزىر (suit that outranks all others) · uk ко́зир (playing card of that suit) · he שַׁלִּיט (suit that outranks all others) · sv trumfkort (something that gives one an advantage) · ja 切り札 (playing card of that suit) · ba уйын (playing card of that suit) · pt trunfo (something that gives one an advantage) · it seme vincente (suit that outranks all others) · el ατού (suit that outranks all others) · id truf (playing card of that suit) · az kozır (suit that outranks all others) · ro atu (suit that outranks all others) · vi chủ bài (suit that outranks all others) · kk көзір (suit that outranks all others) · lv trumpis (suit that outranks all others) · ota آتو (suit that outranks all others) · it asso di briscola (something that gives one an advantage) · sk tromf (suit that outranks all others) · nrf atout (playing card of that suit) · ar وَرَقَة رَابِحَة (playing card of that suit) · el κόζι (suit that outranks all others) · it asso di briscola (playing card of that suit) · it briscola (suit that outranks all others) · ko 으뜸패 (playing card of that suit) · nb trumf (suit that outranks all others) · fi valttikortti (playing card of that suit) · io trumpo (suit that outranks all others) · uz kuzir (suit that outranks all others) · ar وَرَقَة رَابِحَة (something that gives one an advantage) · de Trumpf (playing card of that suit) · uk ко́зир (suit that outranks all others) · fi valtti (suit that outranks all others) · ru козы́рна́я ка́рта (playing card of that suit) · et trump (suit that outranks all others) · sh а̀дӯт (playing card of that suit) · bg коз (suit that outranks all others) · fi valtti (something that gives one an advantage) · af troefkaart (suit that outranks all others) · af troefkaart (something that gives one an advantage) · sk (tromfová) farba (suit that outranks all others) · tg кузур (suit that outranks all others) · da trumpf (something that gives one an advantage) · uk кози́рка (playing card of that suit) · el ατού (playing card of that suit) · ka კოზირი (suit that outranks all others) · ga mámh (suit that outranks all others) · ru козырна́я ка́рта (something that gives one an advantage) · de Trumpfkarte (playing card of that suit) · mk адут (suit that outranks all others) · pl atut (suit that outranks all others) · sh àdūt (suit that outranks all others) · sk tromf (something that gives one an advantage) · az baş xal (suit that outranks all others) · hy հաղթաթուղթ (playing card of that suit) · el κόζι (playing card of that suit) · sv trumfkort (playing card of that suit) · tt уен (suit that outranks all others) · es baza (something that gives one an advantage) · pt trunfo (suit that outranks all others) · da joker (something that gives one an advantage) · gl trunfo (playing card of that suit) · fa-ira آتو (suit that outranks all others) · ky көзүр (suit that outranks all others) · de Trumpffarbe (suit that outranks all others) · ota قوز (suit that outranks all others) · hu adu (suit that outranks all others) · mi tānapu (suit that outranks all others) · hy հաղթաթուղթ (suit that outranks all others) · bg коз (something that gives one an advantage) · sl adut (suit that outranks all others) · ru ко́зырь (something that gives one an advantage) · nl troef (suit that outranks all others) · sq atu (something that gives one an advantage) · nl troef (playing card of that suit) · sk tromf (playing card of that suit) · sv trumf (suit that outranks all others) · hi तुरुप (suit that outranks all others) · yue 王牌 (playing card of that suit) · sk tromfová karta (playing card of that suit) · de Ass (something that gives one an advantage) · fr atout (playing card of that suit) · cs trumf (suit that outranks all others) · ro atu (playing card of that suit) · be ко́зыр (playing card of that suit) · de Trumpf (suit that outranks all others) · cmn 王牌 (playing card of that suit) · pt trunfo (playing card of that suit) · te తురుపు (suit that outranks all others) · th ไต๋ (suit that outranks all others) · es as bajo la manga (something that gives one an advantage) · ru ко́зырь (suit that outranks all others) · it carta vincente (something that gives one an advantage) · sv trumf (something that gives one an advantage) · hy կոզիր (suit that outranks all others) · sq atu (playing card of that suit) · de Trumpf (something that gives one an advantage) · cmn 王牌 (suit that outranks all others) · sh а̀дӯт (suit that outranks all others) · hy ղոզ (suit that outranks all others) · hy ղոզ (playing card of that suit) · uk кози́рка (suit that outranks all others) · pl atu (suit that outranks all others) · ga mámh (playing card of that suit) · el ατού (something that gives one an advantage) · fr atout (suit that outranks all others) · id truf (something that gives one an advantage) · ru козы́рная ка́рта (something that gives one an advantage) · hy հաղթաթուղթ (something that gives one an advantage) · de Joker (something that gives one an advantage) · nrf atout (suit that outranks all others) · es pinte (suit that outranks all others) · pl as atutowy (something that gives one an advantage) · tg зот (suit that outranks all others) · fr carte maîtresse (playing card of that suit) · fr atout (something that gives one an advantage)

trump en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /tɹʌmp/
• [t͡ʃɹʌmp] some speakers

Etymology

Possibly from French triomphe (“triumph”) or Old French triumphe. If so, it is a doublet of triumph and thriambus. Compare German Trumpf.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump.
   • He lost his money at whist after dinner, and actually trumped his partner’s highest spade. 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 52, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
   • He knew the hand was lost when his ace was trumped.
2. (intransitive) To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump.
3. (transitive) To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.
   • to trick or trump mankind , Act 1, Scene 3
   • Wren, who had hoped to make his name with his discovery, immediately put De Corpore aside, hoping that in silence his failure would disappear. He was forced to think again about his future and resolved to seek new territory within the New Philosophy which he could call his own, rather than face the embarrassment of being trumped for a second time. 2011, Leo Hollis, The Phoenix:
4. (dated, transitive) To impose unfairly; to palm off.
   • Authors have been trumped upon us. 1699, Charles Leslie, A Short and Easy Method with the Deists:
5. (transitive) To supersede.
   • The phrase was, and remains, a double-edged sword: a testament to the hard-working and hard-living citizens of the Crescent City and an indicator of the “ah, whatever” shrug hanging over its corrupt politics, its ramshackle infrastructure and its belief that partying trumps all. 2015 August 12, Todd Leopold, “Return to the ‘City That Care Forgot’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2022:
   • In this election, it would seem issues of national security trumped economic issues.
6. (transitive) To outweigh; be stronger, greater, bigger than or in other way superior to.

Forms

Coordinates

overruff (to play a trump card on another suit) · underruff (to play a trump card on another suit)

Deriveds

trump card · trump up · no trump · betrump · undertrump · outtrump · overtrump · untrumped · trump out

Synonyms

cheat (to lie, deceive) · outsmart (to get the better of a competitor) · clown (to act like a fool) · ruff (to play a trump card on another suit)

Translations (39)

da overtrumpfe (to supersede) · mi tānapu (to play a trump on a card of another suit) · de einen Trumpf ausspielen (to play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump) · mi hai (to play a trump on a card of another suit) · sv övertrumfa (to supersede) · fi pelata valttia (to play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump) · pl wypierać (to supersede) · fi päihittää (to get the better of, or finesse, a competitor) · ca trumfar (to play a trump on a card of another suit) · fi ruffata (to play a trump on a card of another suit) · de übertrumpfen (to supersede) · sv sticka (to play a trump on a card of another suit) · hu megelőz (to supersede) · hu felülír (to supersede) · de ausstechen (to get the better of, or finesse, a competitor) · hy չախել (to play a trump on a card of another suit) · pl atutować (to play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump) · hu háttérbe szorít (to supersede) · bg тегля коз (to play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump) · bg цакам (to play a trump on a card of another suit) · fi korvata (to supersede) · fr couper (to play a trump on a card of another suit) · fi pelata valttia (to play a trump on a card of another suit) · gl trunfar (to play a trump on a card of another suit) · mn хөзрөөр дарах (to play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump) · pt trunfar (to play a trump on a card of another suit) · nrf coper (to play a trump on a card of another suit) · sv övertrumfa (to get the better of, or finesse, a competitor) · de trumpfen (to play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump) · fi syrjäyttää (to supersede) · da overtrumpfe (to play a trump on a card of another suit) · pl wyprzeć (to supersede) · sv trumfa (to play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump) · ru козырять (to play a trump on a card of another suit) · pl bić na głowę (to get the better of, or finesse, a competitor) · da trumpfe (to play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump) · nl overtroeven (to play a trump on a card of another suit) · pl atutować (to play a trump on a card of another suit) · de stechen (to play a trump on a card of another suit)

trump en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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• /tɹʌmp/
• [t͡ʃɹʌmp] some speakers

Etymology

From Middle English trumpe, trompe (“trumpet”), from Old French trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa (“trumpet”), from a common Germanic word of imitative origin. Doublet of tulumba and tromp. Akin to Old High German trumpa, trumba (“horn, trumpet”), Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”). More at trumpet, drum.

Meanings

1. (archaic) A trumpet.
   • In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 15:52:
   • Sound, sound the trump of fame, 1798, Joseph Hopkinson, Hail, Columbia:
2. (UK, colloquial) A fart.
3. The noise made by an elephant through its trunk.

Forms

Deriveds

the last trump

trump en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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• (UK) audio
• /tɹʌmp/
• [t͡ʃɹʌmp] some speakers

Etymology

From Middle English trumpe, trompe (“trumpet”), from Old French trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa (“trumpet”), from a common Germanic word of imitative origin. Doublet of tulumba and tromp. Akin to Old High German trumpa, trumba (“horn, trumpet”), Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”). More at trumpet, drum.

Meanings

1. To blow a trumpet.
2. (UK, colloquial, intransitive) To fart.
   • And without warning me, as he lay there, he suddenly trumped next to me in bed.
   • Who trumped?

Forms

trump en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

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• /tɹʌmp/
• [t͡ʃɹʌmp] some speakers

Etymology

Ellipsis of Jew's-trump, which may be from French jeu-trompe (literally “toy trumpet”).

Meanings

1. (dated) Synonym of Jew's harp.

Forms

Descendants

tëlëmp

Synonyms

Jew's harp