trou de souris

French, noun/tʁu d(ə) su.ʁi/

trou de souris is spelled T-R-O-U-D-E-S-O-U-R-I-S (12 letters). Trou de souris is a French masculine noun meaning “mousehole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Trou creusé par une souris qui lui permet d’accéder à son nid”.

What does trou de souris mean in English?

noun

1
masculinemousehole
2
masculinepostage stamp (very exiguous place)
Near-synonym: mouchoir de poche

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Trou creusé par une souris qui lui permet d’accéder à son nid. 2. Espace très petit. 3. Faible probabilité.

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 trou de souris

trous de souris plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce trou de souris?

/tʁu d(ə) su.ʁi/
\tʁu də su.ʁi\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to trou de souris

mousehole

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.