trespasser

English

Etymology

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English trespass

English -er

English trespasser

From trespass + -er.

Noun

trespasser (plural trespassers)

1. One who trespasses; an interloper.
   • 1951 February, “Notes and News: Lynton & Barnstaple Remains”, in Railway Magazine, page 136:

     Pilton Yard, the Lynton & Barnstaple headquarters, has been taken over by a fur trading firm, and would-be trespassers to the old engine-shed are turned back by the pungent odour of heaps of carcases.

   • 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 16:

     The human is a land animal, not an aquatic one, and he is therefore a trespasser in the water.

Translations

a person who trespasses

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 侵入者 (zh)

• Danish: uvedkommende
• German: Eindringling (de) m
• Hebrew: מַסִּיג גְּבוּל (he) m (masíg gvul)
• Hindi: अतिचारी (hi) m (aticārī)
• Japanese: 侵入者 (しんにゅうしゃ, shinnyuusha)
• Macedonian: на́трапник m (nátrapnik)
• Māori: kaihaumi
• Portuguese: intruso (pt) m

Old French

Etymology

First attested in 1100, from tres- +‎ passer, from Latin trans and passus (noun) (Vulgar Latin *passō (verb)).

Verb

trespasser

1. to traverse, to go through
   • 12^th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:

     France trespassent et entrent en Berri

     They went through France and went into Berri

2. to travel; to go to
   • c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:

     Pluisor qui s'an sont escapé
     Sont vers Escoce trespassé.

     Several of those who escaped
     Travelled to Scotland.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of trespasser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		trespasser			avoir trespassé
gerund		en trespassant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		trespassant
past participle		trespassé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	trespas	trespasses	trespasse	trespassons	trespassez	trespassent
	imperfect	trespassoie, trespasseie, trespassoe, trespasseve	trespassoies, trespasseies, trespassoes, trespasseves	trespassoit, trespasseit, trespassot, trespasseve	trespassiiens, trespassiens	trespassiiez, trespassiez	trespassoient, trespasseient, trespassoent, trespassevent
	preterite	trespassai	trespassas	trespassa	trespassames	trespassastes	trespasserent
	future	trespasserai	trespasseras	trespassera	trespasserons	trespasseroiz, trespassereiz, trespasserez	trespasseront
	conditional	trespasseroie, trespassereie	trespasseroies, trespassereies	trespasseroit, trespassereit	trespasseriiens, trespasseriens	trespasseriiez, trespasseriez	trespasseroient, trespassereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	trespas	trespas	trespast	trespassons	trespassez	trespassent
	imperfect	trespassasse	trespassasses	trespassast	trespassissons, trespassissiens	trespassissoiz, trespassissez, trespassissiez	trespassassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	trespasse	—	trespassons	trespassez	—

Descendants

• English: trespass (via Old French), traipse (via Middle French)
• French: trépasser
• Norman: trépâsser