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trousseau

French, noun/tʁu.so/

trousseau is spelled T-R-O-U-S-S-E-A-U (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,160th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trousseau is a French masculine noun meaning “bunch (of keys)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite trousse”.

What does trousseau mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebunch (of keys)

  2. 2

    masculinetrousseau (clothes and linen, etc., that a bride collects)

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Petite trousse. 2. Vêtements, linge, tout ce qu’on donne à une jeune fille lorsqu’elle se marie ou se fait religieuse. 3. Ensemble des vêtements, du linge, etc., que devait apporter un élève, ou qu’on lui fournissait, lors de son entrée dans une école, dans une maison d’éducation, etc. 4. Liste de vêtements que les enfants doivent avoir lorsqu’ils partent en colonie de vacances, en centre ou à l’hôpital.

noun: 1. Cépage originaire du Jura, où il est utilisé pour les vins rouges.

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 trousseau

  • trousseaux plural

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

How do you pronounce trousseau?

  • /tʁu.so/
  • \tʁu.so\

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

English words that translate to trousseau

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

How common is trousseau in French?

trousseau appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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