tronc

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English

Etymology

From French tronc des pauvres (poor box).

Noun

tronc (plural troncs)

  1. (British) A monetary pool, in which tips are collected and later shared out between all staff, e.g. in a restaurant.

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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin truncus.

Pronunciation

Noun

tronc m (plural troncs)

  1. trunk, stem, branch
  2. log
  3. (architecture) shaft
  4. (anatomy) trunk, torso
  5. (geometry) frustrum
  6. (genealogy) main branch
  7. (linguistics) branch
  8. (transport) team (pair of animals)
  9. (castells) the central vertical part of a castell directly atop the baixos, as opposed to the various levels of the pinya

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin truncus.

Noun

tronc

  1. trunk

References

  • Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin truncus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɔ̃/
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Noun

tronc m (plural troncs)

  1. (anatomy) trunk
  2. (botany) trunk, bole (of a tree)

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin truncus.

Noun

tronc m (plural troncs)

  1. trunk (of a tree)

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

tronc

  1. thump