"trou" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /tʁu/ Audio: Fr-trou.ogg Forms: trous [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|la-eme|traugus}} Early Medieval Latin traugus, {{cog|ca,oc|trauc}} Catalan and Occitan trauc Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} trou m (plural trous)
  1. hole Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-trou-fr-noun-Oe5FUZcH
  2. blank (memory) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-trou-fr-noun-BhhhHKnp
  3. pause in conversation Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-trou-fr-noun--6DZb8-0 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 12 12 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ouverture

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "boire comme un trou"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "faire son trou"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "milles trous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ne pas avoir les yeux en face des trous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "texte à trous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "trou à rats"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "trou blanc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "trou de balle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "trou de mémoire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "trou de nez"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "trou de souris"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "trou de ver"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "trou du cul"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "trou d’air"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "trou noir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "trou normand"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "trou paumé"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "trou perdu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "un trou c’est un trou"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la-eme",
        "3": "traugus"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca,oc",
        "2": "trauc"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan and Occitan trauc",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.\nRelated to Catalan and Occitan trauc.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "trous",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "trou m (plural trous)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ouverture"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hole"
      ],
      "id": "en-trou-fr-noun-Oe5FUZcH",
      "links": [
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blank (memory)"
      ],
      "id": "en-trou-fr-noun-BhhhHKnp",
      "links": [
        [
          "blank",
          "blank"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "12 12 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pause in conversation"
      ],
      "id": "en-trou-fr-noun--6DZb8-0",
      "links": [
        [
          "pause",
          "pause"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʁu/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-trou.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ec/Fr-trou.ogg/Fr-trou.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Fr-trou.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "trou"
}
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    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Early Medieval Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Early Medieval Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "boire comme un trou"
    },
    {
      "word": "faire son trou"
    },
    {
      "word": "milles trous"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne pas avoir les yeux en face des trous"
    },
    {
      "word": "texte à trous"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou à rats"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou blanc"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou de balle"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou de mémoire"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou de nez"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou de souris"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou de ver"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou du cul"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou d’air"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou noir"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou normand"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou paumé"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou perdu"
    },
    {
      "word": "un trou c’est un trou"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la-eme",
        "3": "traugus"
      },
      "expansion": "Early Medieval Latin traugus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca,oc",
        "2": "trauc"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan and Occitan trauc",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.\nRelated to Catalan and Occitan trauc.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "trous",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "trou m (plural trous)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ouverture"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hole"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blank (memory)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blank",
          "blank"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pause in conversation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pause",
          "pause"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʁu/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-trou.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ec/Fr-trou.ogg/Fr-trou.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Fr-trou.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "trou"
}

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