truja

See also: trują

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan truèja), 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 French truie, Italian troia.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾu.ʒə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾu.d͡ʒa/

Noun

truja f (plural truges)

sow (female pig)

Synonyms

porca

Further reading

“truja” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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