trousse
French, noun
trousse is spelled T-R-O-U-S-S-E (7 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trousse is a French feminine noun meaning “kit (small handheld package containing a set of tools for a particular purpose)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of trousser. With an accent, troussé is a different word: “past participle of trousser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faisceau de choses liées ensemble”.
What does trousse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekit (small handheld package containing a set of tools for a particular purpose)
trousse de secours
- 2
femininepencil case
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of trousser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Faisceau de choses liées ensemble. 2. Étui où l’on enferme les instruments de première nécessité employés dans diverses professions ou spéciaux à divers usages. 3. Étui d’écolier, pouvant contenir crayons, gomme, taille-crayon, etc. 4. Étui dans lequel les chirurgiens renferment les instruments nécessaires aux opérations urgentes.
adjective: 1. Mené à bien rapidement.
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 trousse
- trousses plural
- troussée feminine
- troussés masculine plural
- troussées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to trousse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trousse in French?
trousse appears 3.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).