trou

See also: třou

English

Etymology

From trousers.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹaʊ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

trou (uncountable)

1. (New Zealand, US) Trousers.
2. (US) Rowing spandex shorts.

Derived terms

• drop trou

See also

• trou-de-loup
• trou madame

References

• OED 2006

Anagrams

• Tour, rout, tour

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch trouwen (similar root to Engl. "troth").

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

trou (present trou, present participle trouende, past participle getrou)

1. to marry

Usage notes

• Alongside regular het getrou, this verb has an alternative irregular past tense is getroud, which can be read both as active and passive:

Dit is die kerk waar ons op die ouderdom van 20 jaar getroud is. — “This is the church where we married (or: were married) at the age of 20.”

• The above construction refers to the past and is clearly verbal. Beyond this, getroud can also be an adjective in a phrase like the following:

Ons is gelukkig getroud. — “We are happily married.”

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin traugus, a "barbarous" Latin word first attested in the Ripuarian Law, probably related to torus (“round hill”). Thought to be of Celtic, specifically Gaulish, origin.

Related to Catalan and Occitan trauc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁu/

• audio

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Noun

trou m (plural trous)

1. hole
2. blank (memory)
3. pause in conversation

Derived terms

• boire comme un trou
• milles trous
• ne pas avoir les yeux en face des trous
• texte à trous
• trou à rats
• trou blanc
• trou de balle
• trou de mémoire
• trou de nez
• trou de ver
• trou du cul
• trou d’air
• trou noir
• trou normand
• trou paumé
• trou perdu
• trou perdu
• un trou c’est un trou

 

See also

• ouverture

Further reading

• “trou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• tour