trogne
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Gaulish trugna (“nose, snout”), which could be related to *srogna (“nose”).[1] Cognate with Welsh trwyn, Cornish troen, Breton stroen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]trogne f (plural trognes)
- pollard (pollarded tree)
- (colloquial) mug (face)
References
[edit]- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 101 ii (3)
Further reading
[edit]- “trogne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]trogne