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truc

French, noun/tʁyk/

truc is spelled T-R-U-C (4 letters) and appears 191 times per million words in written French, the 426th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Truc is a French masculine noun meaning “procedure, technique” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Astuce, tour de main, procédé ingénieux”.

What does truc mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineprocedure, technique

  2. 2

    colloquialmasculineslangthingamajig, thingy, thing

  3. 3

    masculinetrick

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Astuce, tour de main, procédé ingénieux. 2. Quelque chose dont on ne connait pas le nom, ou dont on se méfie. 3. Montagne arrondie. 4. Performance très bonne et inattendue d'un cheval dans une course.

noun: 1. Long wagon, ou chariot en manière de plate-forme destiné au transport des matières lourdes sur les chemins de fer.

adjective: 1. En substitution à un adjectif que l’on ne souhaite pas préciser.

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 truc

  • trucs plural

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

How do you pronounce truc?

  • /tʁyk/
  • \tʁyk\
  • [t̪ʁyk]

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

English words that translate to truc

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

How common is truc in French?

truc appears 191 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).

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