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trouvable
adjective
findable; encountered (which can be found; which can occur)
trouvaille
noun, feminine
find; lucky find
to find; to retrieve something lost, turn up something hidden, or encounter something previously unknown to one; to find (something to be the case); to think or consider (something to be so); to find oneself (at a place or in a situation); to be found, to be situated, to be; to be the case, to turn out (that)
to find what one is looking for, to find what one wants, to find the right fit for one, to find one's heart's desire; to find one's special someone, to find the right person, to find the one; to find a suitable match
to find favour
to lose one's life; to die, especially when violent or accidental
to find the key to a problem or difficulty
to get bored, to be bored, to feel like time is dragging
to find no one at home
to find a buyer, find a taker
to find one's path in life
to find one's feet
to find what one was looking for, what one wanted, something one likes
to do well out of, to find one's account in, to benefit from
to meet one's match, to find one's better (to find someone who is even better (at something) than oneself, to be dealing with someone stronger than oneself)
to find no one at home
to find one's match, to meet one's match, to find a worthy opponent, to find someone who gives as good as they get
to find fault
trouveur
noun, masculine
a finder; discoverer; an inventor, creator
trouvère
noun, masculine
a trouvère, medieval lyric poet using the Northern langue d'oïl (precursor lects of modern French), as opposed to their older, southern example, the original troubadours, who used langue d'oc (Occitan)
trouvé
adjective
found, being to object of a find(ing); invented, thought-up, imagined; found and somehow taken in, as said of a foundling
trouzillion
noun, masculine
gazillion
troué
adjective
holed; full of holes
troyen
adjective
of Troye-d'Ariège
troyen
adjective
of Troyes
troyen
noun, feminine
Trojan
troyen
adjective
of Troy; trojan
troène
noun, masculine
privet
troïka
noun, feminine
troika (vehicle); troika (party of three)
trql
adjective
abbreviation of tranquille
truand
noun, masculine
(professional) beggar (in the Middle Ages); crook; gangster; beggar
to con, cheat
truble
noun, feminine
a type of small fishing hook
trublion
noun, masculine
troublemaker
truc
noun, masculine
procedure, technique; thingamajig, thingy, thing; trick
truc de dingue
noun, masculine
crazy stuff
truc de fou
noun, masculine
crazy stuff
truc de ouf
noun, masculine
crazy stuff
trucage
noun, masculine
rigging, doctoring (especially fraudulent); special effects
truchement
noun, masculine
interpreter, translator; spokesperson; intermediary, means
to sneeze
to kill, slay, murder
truck
noun, masculine
A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods
truckeur
noun, masculine
trucker; truck driver
trucmuche
noun, masculine
thing, thingy, thingamajig; John Doe
truculence
noun, feminine
truculence (eagerness to fight)
truculent
adjective
violent or belligerent in a colorful, over-the-top or memorable fashion; picturesque, colourful
to be truculent (in all senses)
trudeauiste
noun, masculine/feminine
supporter of Pierre Trudeau or Justin Trudeau
trudeauiste
adjective
of or pertaining to Pierre Trudeau or Justin Trudeau
trudeaumanie
noun, feminine
Trudeaumania
trudgeon
noun, masculine
trudgen
truelle
noun, feminine
trowel (mason's tool)
truellée
noun, feminine
trowelful
truffaldien
adjective
relating to French filmmaker François Truffaut (1932–1984) or his cinematic style
truffe
noun, feminine
truffle (edible fungi); chocolate truffle; nose of a dog
to add truffles to; to cram, stuff
trufficulture
noun, feminine
trufficulture
truffier
adjective
truffle
truffière
noun, feminine
truffière