trouille

== 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) (colloquial) fear ===== Derived terms ===== trouillard trouillomètre === Etymology 2 === Probably from trouille (“fear”), possibly under influence of truie. ==== Noun ==== trouille f (plural trouilles) (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