trogne

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish trugna (“nose, snout”), which could be related to *srogna (“nose”), from Proto-Celtic *srognā.[1] Cognate with Welsh trwyn, Cornish tron, Breton stroen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɔɲ/
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Noun

trogne f (plural trognes)

  1. pollard (pollarded tree)
  2. (colloquial) mug (face)

References

  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 101 ii (3)

Further reading

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Adjective

trogne

  1. definite natural masculine singular of trogen

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