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trou paumé

French, noun/tʁu po.me/

trou paumé is a French masculine noun meaning “jerkwater town, one-horse town, wide spot in the road” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu perdu au milieu de nulle part”.

What does trou paumé mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    derogatoryinformalmasculinejerkwater town, one-horse town, wide spot in the road

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Lieu perdu au milieu de nulle part.

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 paumé

  • trous paumés plural

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

How do you pronounce trou paumé?

  • /tʁu po.me/

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