trogne

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɔɲ/

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Noun

trogne f (plural trognes)

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

Further reading

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

Swedish

Adjective

trogne

1. definite natural masculine singular of trogen

Anagrams

• torgen, trogen