See also: třou

English edit

Etymology edit

From trousers.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tɹaʊ/
  • (file)

Noun edit

trou (uncountable)

  1. (New Zealand, US) Trousers.
  2. (US) Rowing spandex shorts.

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  • OED 2006

Anagrams edit

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch trouwen (similar root to Engl. "troth").

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

trou (present trou, present participle trouende, past participle getrou)

  1. to marry

Usage notes edit

  • Alongside regular het getrou, this verb has an alternative irregular past tense is getroud, which can be read both as active and passive:
Dit is die kerk waar ons op die ouderdom van 20 jaar getroud is. — “This is the church where we married (or: were married) at the age of 20.”
  • The above construction refers to the past and is clearly verbal. Beyond this, getroud can also be an adjective in a phrase like the following:
Ons is gelukkig getroud. — “We are happily married.

French edit

Etymology edit

From Medieval Latin traugus, a "barbarous" Latin word first attested in the Ripuarian Law, probably related to torus (round hill).[1] Thought to be of Celtic, specifically Gaulish, origin.

Related to Catalan and Occitan trauc.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

trou m (plural trous)

  1. hole
  2. blank (memory)
  3. pause in conversation

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Parker (1844): The Classical Museum a Journal of Philology, Ancient History and Literature, p. 123

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