trou

== English == === Etymology === From trousers. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɹaʊ/ === Noun === trou (uncountable) (New Zealand, US) Trousers. (US) Rowing spandex shorts. ==== Derived terms ==== drop trou === See also === trou-de-loup trou madame === References === OED 2006 === Anagrams === Tour, rout, tour == 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 === IPA(key): /tʁu/ === Noun === trou m (plural trous) hole blank (memory) pause in conversation ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== ouverture === References === === Further reading === “trou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === tour