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5,162 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

troglodyte mignon: Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
troglodytique: troglodytic; cave
trogne: pollard (pollarded tree); mug (face)
trognon: core (of apple etc.)
trogocytose: trogocytosis
trois: three
trois cents: three hundred
trois fois rien: next to nothing (very little)
trois francs six sous: very little money, peanuts, chicken feed
trois pelés et un tondu: one man and his dog (virtually nobody)
troisième: third
troisième: third class (public transport)
troisième art: third art
troisième but: third base; third baseman
troisième ligne: back row
troisième personne: third person (all meanings)
troisième rail: third rail (the electrified rail that runs beside or between train tracks to power electric trains)
troisième âge: third age, later life, twilight years, old age
troisièmement: thirdly
troisiéme: obsolete spelling of troisième
trojan: trojan, Trojan horse (computing)
troll: troll (inflammatory poster on the Internet); the act of trolling
troll: troll (mythical being)
troller: to wander unsystematically about, looking for game; to troll
trollesque: trollish
trolley: trolley pole; trolleybus
trombe: waterspout; whirlwind
trombe marine: a waterspout; a whirlwind over water; a tornado over water.
trombe terrestre: A landspout; a whirlwind over land; a mini-tornado.
trombidiose: thrombidiosis
trombine: face
trombinoscope: facebook (a reference book or electronic directory made up of individuals’ photographs and names)
tromblon: blunderbuss; (old) codger
trombone: trombone; paper clip
tromboner: to fuck (of a female, to have sex)
tromboniste: trombonist (person who plays the trombone)
trommel: trommel
trompe: trumpet; trunk of an elephant; squinch
trompe auditive: synonym of trompe d’Eustache
trompe d'Eustache: Eustachian tube
trompe de Fallope: Fallopian tube
trompe de chasse: hunting horn
trompe l'oeil: nonstandard spelling of trompe-l'œil
trompe-l'œil: trompe l’oeil (type of optical illusion)
trompe-la-mort: daredevil (person who engages in very risky behavior)
trompe-oreilles: a phrase using wordplay in order to be difficult to understand; an aural illusion
tromper: to deceive, lead astray, mislead; to distract oneself from; to make a mistake, be wrong
tromperie: deception
trompeter: to trumpet
trompette: trumpet
trompette de la mort: black chanterelle (Craterellus cornucopioides)
trompette du jugement dernier: Brugmansia suaveolens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Bercht. & J. Presl
trompettiste: trumpeter (musician playing a trumpet)
trompeur: deceitful; misleading
trompeusement: deceitfully; misleadingly
tronc: trunk; trunk, bole (of a tree); poor box
tronc commun: core curriculum (courses or other components of an educational program which are foundational, prerequisite, or mandatory, as opposed to the elective, secondary, or variable components of a program)
tronc cérébral: brain stem
troncation: clipping; disfixation, back-formation
troncature: truncation