truie
French
Etymology
From Late Latin troia, troja, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Latin (porcum de) Troia (“(hog of) Troy”), after the Trojan horse, or alternatively from a Gaulish root *trogja, or possibly simply of imitative origin, from the sound of a pig's grunt. Compare Occitan truèja, Italian troia, Catalan truja, Walloon troye.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁɥi/
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Noun
truie f (plural truies)
- sow (female pig)
- (derogatory) unclean woman
Hypernyms
- cochon
- porc
- pourceau
Coordinate terms
- verrat (boar)
Further reading
- “truie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.