tronche
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See also: tronché
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *trunca, feminine form of truncus (“tree trunk”) (→ tronc).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tronche f (plural tronches)
- (now dialectal) log; trunk
- (slang) mug; face
- (slang) head
- Synonym: tête
- (slang, by extension) brainiac; egghead
- Synonym: tête
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
tronche
- inflection of troncher:
Further reading[edit]
- “tronche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tronche f pl
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
tronche
- inflection of tronchar:
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