trouille

See also: trouillé

French

Etymology 1

From Old French troillier (“to grind”, from truil, troil (“grape press”)) or Dutch drol (“to go to stool”, “dejection”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁuj/

Noun

trouille f (plural trouilles)

1. (colloquial) fear

Derived terms

• trouillard
• trouillomètre

Etymology 2

Probably from trouille (“fear”), possibly under influence of truie.

Noun

trouille f (plural trouilles)

1. (slang, dated) a fat or dirty woman, a shameless woman

Further reading

• “trouille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.