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English
Etymology
From trousers.
Pronunciation
Noun
trou (uncountable)
- (New Zealand, US) Trousers.
- (US) Rowing spandex shorts.
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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch trouwen (similar root to Engl. "troth").
Pronunciation
Verb
trou (present trou, present participle trouende, past participle getrou)
- to marry
Usage notes
- 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
Etymology
From Early 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.
Pronunciation
Noun
trou m (plural trous)
- hole
- blank (memory)
- pause in conversation
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- ^ Parker (1844): The Classical Museum a Journal of Philology, Ancient History and Literature, p. 123
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