trucn.m.
[tʁyk]
thing, whatsit — the word for anything you can’t quite name
In a sentence
- C’est quoi, ce truc sur la table ?What’s that thing on the table?
- J’ai encore un truc à régler avant de partir.I still have one thing to sort out before leaving.
When the right word escapes you mid-sentence, ‘truc’ swoops in — the French use it so constantly that a forgotten noun never has to stop a conversation.
🎬 The word in under a minute
What « truc » means, the register it belongs to (familier), and two sentences you can use today. A new word every day → Open this short as a page — transcript included →