"trou" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /tʁu/ Audio: Fr-trou.ogg Forms: trous [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|ML.|traugus}} Medieval Latin traugus, {{m|la|torus||round hill}} torus (“round hill”), {{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: 4 4 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ouverture

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "word": "milles trous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ne pas avoir les yeux en face des trous"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "texte à trous"
    },
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      "word": "trou à rats"
    },
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      "word": "trou blanc"
    },
    {
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      "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 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",
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    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "boire comme un 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 ver"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou du cul"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou d’air"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou noir"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou normand"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou paumé"
    },
    {
      "word": "trou perdu"
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    {
      "word": "un trou c’est un trou"
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