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truc

See also: Truc, truć, trúc, trực, trục, and truç

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From trucar (“to knock”).

Noun

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truc m (plural trucs)

  1. nock
  2. call, ring
  3. hit (of a ball in billiards etc.)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish truco or French truc.

Noun

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truc m (plural trucs)

  1. trick (for deceiving)
  2. trick (skillful play)
  3. (card games) trick
  4. (video games) cheat

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From French truc.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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truc m (plural trucs or truken, diminutive trucje n)

  1. trick

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French

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Etymology

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    From Middle French truc, from Old French trut, borrowed from Old Occitan truc, deverbal from trucar, from Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre.

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    Noun

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    truc m (plural trucs)

    1. procedure, technique
      • 1883, Émile Zola, Au bonheur des dames:
        Il n’y a aucune raison pour que ça s’arrête. Le capital peut passer quinze fois, voici longtemps que je le prédis. Même, dans certains rayons, il passera vingt-cinq et trente fois… Ensuite, eh bien ! ensuite, nous trouverons un truc pour le faire passer davantage.
        ‘There’s no reason why it should stop. The capital can be turned over fifteen times; I’ve been predicting it for a long time. In certain departments it’ll be turned over twenty-five and thirty times … and after that, well, after that we’ll find some way to use it even more.’
        Translated by Brian Nelson
    2. (slang, colloquial) thingamajig, thingy, thing
      • 1932, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Voyage au bout de la nuit:
        — Je t’aime Léon, tu vois bien que je t’aime, Léon...
        Elle ne savait que ce truc-là, son « je t’aime ». Comme si ç’avait été la réponse à tout.
        'I love you, Leon . . . Can't you see that I love you?'
        "That's all she knew, her 'I love you' jazz. As if that was the answer to everything. "
        Translated by Ralph Manheim
    3. trick
      • 1873, Henry Buguet et Georges d'Heylli, Foyers et coulisses; histoire anecdotique des théâtres de Paris:
        A la fin de la scène, on use encore d’un truc plus extraordinaire.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Synonyms

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    Descendants

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    • → Catalan: truc
    • → Dutch: truc
    • → Portuguese: truque
    • → Romanian: truc
    • → Russian: трюк (trjuk)
    • → Spanish: truco

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    Anagrams

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    Middle French

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      From Old French trut, borrowed from Old Occitan truc, deverbal from trucar, from Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre.

      Noun

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      truc m (plural trucs)

      1. trick; deception
      2. stratagem

      Descendants

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      • French: truc (see there for further descendants)

      References

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      • truc on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

      Old Occitan

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      Etymology

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        Deverbal from trucar.

        Noun

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        truc m (oblique plural trucs, nominative singular trucs, nominative plural truc)

        1. hit; strike

        Descendants

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        References

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        • “truc”, in Dictionnaire de l’occitan médiéval en ligne (in German and French), Munich: LMU, 2013–2024

        Romanian

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        Etymology

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        Borrowed from French truc.

        Noun

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        truc n (plural trucuri)

        1. trick

        Declension

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        Declension of truc
        singular plural
        indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
        nominative/accusative (un) truc trucul (niște) trucuri trucurile
        genitive/dative (unui) truc trucului (unor) trucuri trucurilor
        vocative trucule trucurilor

        Serbo-Croatian

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        Etymology

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        Borrowed from German Trotz.

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        • IPA(key): /trût͡s/
        • Hyphenation: truc

        Noun

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        trȕc m (Cyrillic spelling тру̏ц)

        1. (regional) spite, defiance
        2. (regional) stubbornness, obstinacy

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        References

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        • “truc” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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