noun · verb · 15 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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US:trĕs'pǎs
US:/ˈtɹɛspæs/
US:/ˈtɹæspæs/
UK:trĕs'pəs
UK:/ˈtɹɛspəs/
UK:/ˈtɹɛspɪs/
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CMU ARPABET:T R EH1 S P AE2 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:T R EH1 S P AH0 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An intentional interference with another's property or person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
sin
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To commit an offence; to sin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: transgress
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To offend against, to wrong (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To go too far; to put someone to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
to trespass upon the time or patience of another
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cross the line
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To enter someone else's property illegally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
1523–1525, Jean Froissart, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (translator), Froissart's Chronicles Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce [...] trespassed out of this uncertain world.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exceed, surpass, transcend
Antonyms: none provided
8
verb
Meaning 8
To subject [someone] to a trespass notice, formally notifying them that they are prohibited from entry to a property, such that any current or future presence there will constitute trespass, (especially) criminal trespass
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand, especially, transitive
Topics: law
Examples
The dean trespassed the streaker from his university.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
entry to another's property without right or permission
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Broader terms: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
Narrower terms: break in, break
History
Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English trespas, from Old French trespas (“passage; offense against the law”), from trespasser.
From Middle English trespassen, borrowed from Old French trespasser (“to go across or over, transgress”), from tres- (“across, over”) + passer (“to pass”).
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
простъпка
(prostǎpka)
— law
Bulgarian:
нарушение
(narušenie)
— law
Chinese Mandarin:
侵入
(qīnrù)
— law
Dutch:
huisvredebreuk
— law
Finnish:
kotirauhan rikkominen
— law
Finnish:
julkisrauhan rikkominen
— law
German:
Hausfriedensbruch
— law
German:
Landfriedensbruch
— law
Greek:
παράνομη είσοδος
(paránomi eísodos)
— law
Greek:
παραβίαση
(paravíasi)
— law
Hebrew:
הִסִּיג גְּבוּל
(hisíg gvul)
— law
Hindi:
अतिक्रमण
(atikramaṇ)
— law
Hindi:
अतिचार
(aticār)
— law
Hungarian:
magánlaksértés
— law
Hungarian:
birtokháborítás
— law
Irish:
treaspás
— law
Old Irish:
caithig
— law
Japanese:
不法侵入
(fufō-shinnyū)
— law
Japanese:
侵入
(shinnyū)
— law
Portuguese:
invasão
— law
Russian:
посяга́тельство
(posjagátelʹstvo)
— law
Russian:
наруше́ние
(narušénije)
— law
Scottish Gaelic:
coire
— law
Spanish:
allanamiento
— law
Spanish:
traspaso
— law
Spanish:
invasión
— law
Spanish:
incursión
— law
Welsh:
tresmasiad
— law
Bulgarian:
нарушавам
(narušavam)
— to commit an offence
Finnish:
rikkoa
— to commit an offence
Greek:
παραβαίνω
(paravaíno)
— to commit an offence
Hungarian:
vétkezik
— to commit an offence
Japanese:
侵害する
(shingai suru)
— to commit an offence
Māori:
hara
— to commit an offence
Portuguese:
infringir
— to commit an offence
Romanian:
păcătui
— to commit an offence
Romanian:
viola
— to commit an offence
Russian:
посяга́ть
(posjagátʹ)
— to commit an offence
Russian:
посягну́ть
(posjagnútʹ)
— to commit an offence
Russian:
наруша́ть
(narušátʹ)
— to commit an offence
Russian:
нару́шить
(narúšitʹ)
— to commit an offence
Spanish:
ofender
— to commit an offence
Spanish:
pecar
— to commit an offence
Vietnamese:
vi phạm
— to commit an offence
Finnish:
rikkoa
— (obsolete in English) to offend against
Japanese:
侵害する
(shingai suru)
— (obsolete in English) to offend against
Portuguese:
ofender
— (obsolete in English) to offend against
Spanish:
ofender
— (obsolete in English) to offend against
Finnish:
mennä liian pitkälle
— to go too far
Hungarian:
visszaél
— to go too far
Chinese Mandarin:
侵入
(qīnrù)
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Finnish:
tunkeutua
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
German:
unbefugt betreten
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
German:
unerlaubt betreten
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
German:
eindringen
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
German:
übertreten
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Greek:
καταπατώ
(katapató)
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Greek:
εισέρχομαι παρανόμως
(eisérchomai paranómos)
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Hungarian:
birtokháborítást/magánlaksértést követ el
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Hungarian:
behatol a birtokára
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Japanese:
不法侵入する
(fufō-shinnyū suru)
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Korean:
불법 침입하다
(bulbeop chimiphada)
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Māori:
kaihaumi
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Māori:
haere pokanoa
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Portuguese:
invadir
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Portuguese:
trespassar
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Spanish:
entrar sin autorización
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Spanish:
entrar no autorizadamente
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Spanish:
traspasar
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Spanish:
violar
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Spanish:
invadir
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Spanish:
translimitar
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Spanish:
allanar
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Spanish:
catear
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Swedish:
inkräkta
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally
Vietnamese:
xâm phạm
— legal: to enter someone else's property illegally