Masculine
trou
Meaning
- (masculine) hole
- (masculine) blank (memory)
- (masculine) pause in conversation
Concepts
shallow hole
Synonyms
coin perdu
purger sa peine
foramen
bled perdu
partus
peurtu
petit corner
maw
gniouf
Translations
Loch
buraco
agujero
buco
gat
τρύπα
forat
traucFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tʁu/
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. Related to Catalan and Occitan trauc.
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