train-train
French
Alternative forms
- traintrain
Alternative forms
- trantran (archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁɛ̃.tʁɛ̃/
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Noun
train-train m (uncountable)
- daily grind, same old same old
- le train-train quotidien ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Synonym: routine
- 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:
- La vie entière remuait, poursuivait ses activités, ses emplettes, son train-train.
- The whole town was bustling, go about their activities, their purchases, their daily grind.
See also
- métro, boulot, dodo
Further reading
- “train-train”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.