Masculine
trou
Meaning
- hole
- blank (memory)
- pause in conversation
Concepts
shallow hole
armpit of the universe
dead-and-alive hole
deep place
lapse of memory
plug hole
space character
pit trap
golf hole
ferme
do bird
do stir
caliber
Synonyms
coin perdu
purger sa peine
foramen
bled perdu
partus
peurtu
petit corner
maw
gniouf
coup de pied de réparation
Frequency
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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