truc
See also: Truc, truć, trúc, trực, trục, and truç
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈtɾuk/
Etymology 1
From trucar (“to knock”).
Noun
truc m (plural trucs)
- nock
- call, ring
- hit (of a ball in billiards etc.)
Etymology 2
From Spanish truco or French truc.
Noun
truc m (plural trucs)
- trick (for deceiving)
- trick (skillful play)
- (card games) trick
- (video games) cheat
Further reading
- “truc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “truc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Dutch
Etymology
From French truc.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /tryk/
- Rhymes: -yk
- (Belgium) Homophone: truck
Noun
truc m (plural trucs or truken, diminutive trucje n)
- trick
Derived terms
- trukendoos
- truken van de foor
French
Etymology
Adjective noun derived from Vulgar Latin *trūdicō, from trūdō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁyk/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -yk
Noun
truc m (plural trucs)
- procedure, technique
- 1883, Émile Zola, Au bonheur des dames
- Il n’y a aucune raison pour que ça s’arrête. Le capital peut passer quinze fois, voici longtemps que je le prédis. Même, dans certains rayons, il passera vingt-cinq et trente fois… Ensuite, eh bien ! ensuite, nous trouverons un truc pour le faire passer davantage.
- ‘There’s no reason why it should stop. The capital can be turned over fifteen times; I’ve been predicting it for a long time. In certain departments it’ll be turned over twenty-five and thirty times … and after that, well, after that we’ll find some way to use it even more.’
- Translated by Brian Nelson
- 1883, Émile Zola, Au bonheur des dames
- (slang, colloquial) thingamajig, thingy, thing
- 1932, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Voyage au bout de la nuit
- — Je t’aime Léon, tu vois bien que je t’aime, Léon...
Elle ne savait que ce truc-là, son « je t’aime ». Comme si ç’avait été la réponse à tout.- 'I love you, Leon . . . Can't you see that I love you?'
"That's all she knew, her 'I love you' jazz. As if that was the answer to everything. "
- Translated by Ralph Manheim
- 'I love you, Leon . . . Can't you see that I love you?'
- 1932, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Voyage au bout de la nuit
- trick
- 1873, Henry Buguet et Georges d'Heylli, Foyers et coulisses; histoire anecdotique des théâtres de Paris
- A la fin de la scène, on use encore d'un truc plus extraordinaire.
- 1873, Henry Buguet et Georges d'Heylli, Foyers et coulisses; histoire anecdotique des théâtres de Paris
Synonyms
- bidule m
- machin m
Descendants
- Catalan: truc
- Dutch: truc
- Portuguese: truque
- Romanian: truc
- Russian: трюк (trjuk)
- Spanish: truco
Further reading
- “truc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- crut, crût
- turc, Turc
Romanian
Etymology
From French truc.
Noun
truc n (plural trucuri)
- trick
Declension
Declension of truc
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) truc | trucul | (niște) trucuri | trucurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) truc | trucului | (unor) trucuri | trucurilor |
vocative | trucule | trucurilor |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Trotz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trût͡s/
- Hyphenation: truc
Noun
trȕc m (Cyrillic spelling тру̏ц)
- (regional) spite, defiance
- (regional) stubbornness, obstinacy
Synonyms
- pr̀kos, tvrdòglavōst
References
- “truc” in Hrvatski jezični portal