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trou

hole

noun TROO Less Common
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Usage Note

Trou is used both literally (a hole in the ground or fabric) and figuratively: un trou de mémoire is a memory lapse ('a hole in the memory'), and un trou perdu is an expression for a small, remote village in the middle of nowhere. The plural trous is pronounced the same as the singular — the final s is silent.

Examples

"Il y a un trou dans la route."

Natural Translation

There is a hole in the road.

Literal Translation

It there has a hole in the road

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