truc

See also: truck, truć, trúc, trực, trục, and truç

Catalan

Noun

truc m (plural trucs)

  1. knock
  2. call, ring
  3. hit (of a ball in billiards etc.)
  4. trick (for deceiving)
  5. trick (skillful play)
  6. (card games) trick

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /tryk/

Noun

truc m (plural trucs or truken, diminutive trucje n)

  1. trick

Derived terms

  • trukendoos
  • truken van de foor

Homophones


French

Etymology

Adjective noun derived from Vulgar Latin *trūdicō, from trūdō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁyk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -yk

Noun

truc m (plural trucs)

  1. 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
  2. (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
  3. 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.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Trotz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trût͡s/
  • Hyphenation: truc

Noun

trȕc m (Cyrillic spelling тру̏ц)

  1. (regional) spite, defiance
  2. (regional) stubbornness, obstinacy

Synonyms

References

  • truc” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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