trouille

See also: trouillé

French

Etymology 1

From Old French troillier (“to grind”, from truil, troil (“grape press”)) or Dutch drol (“to go to stool”, “dejection”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʁuj/

Noun

trouille f (plural trouilles)

(colloquial) fear

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Probably from trouille (“fear”), possibly under influence of truie.

Noun

trouille f (plural trouilles)

(slang, dated) a fat or dirty woman, a shameless woman

Further reading

“trouille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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