trolley
French, noun/tʁɔ.lɛ/
trolley is spelled T-R-O-L-L-E-Y (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 65,044th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trolley is a French masculine noun meaning “trolley pole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Roulette qui, en se mouvant sur un câble aérien, sert de prise de courant à un tramway électrique auquel elle…”.
What does trolley mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrolley pole
- 2
masculinetrolleybus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Roulette qui, en se mouvant sur un câble aérien, sert de prise de courant à un tramway électrique auquel elle est reliée par une longue perche. 2. Trolleybus. 3. Petit chariot.
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 trolley
- trolleys plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trolley?
- /tʁɔ.lɛ/
- \tʁɔ.lɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trolley
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trolley in French?
trolley appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).