train-train
French, noun/tʁɛ̃.tʁɛ̃/
train-train is spelled T-R-A-I-N-T-R-A-I-N (10 letters). Train-train is a French masculine noun meaning “routine, drudge, grind; same old same old” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de traintrain ; petite allure lente et routinière des choses dans une affaire, dans…”.
What does train-train mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineroutine, drudge, grind; same old same old
le train-train quotidien
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de traintrain ; petite allure lente et routinière des choses dans une affaire, dans un ménage, dans une administration, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of train-train
- traintrain alternative
- trantran alternative archaic
- train-trains plural
- tran-tran
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce train-train?
- /tʁɛ̃.tʁɛ̃/
- \tʁɛ̃.tʁɛ̃\
- [tʁɛ̃.tʁɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.