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 English 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 Early 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. However, others have suggested a borrowing from Ancient Greek τρῦπα (trûpa, “hole”), instead.

Related to Catalan and Occitan trauc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁu/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

trou m (plural trous)

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

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• Guianese Creole: trou
• Mauritian Creole: trou

See also

• ouverture

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• tour

Guianese Creole

Etymology

From French trou.

Noun

trou

1. hole (hollow place or cavity)

References

• Barthelemi, Georges (1995), Dictionnaire pratique créole guyanais - français [Practical Guianese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Cayenne: Ibis Rouge Éditions, →ISBN, page 197

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• tru

Etymology

From French trou.

Noun

trou

1. hole (hollow place or cavity)

Related terms

• troue

References

• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 1059