🇫🇷 French Word of the Day

truc

n.m.

[tʁyk] TREWK

thing, whatsit — the word for anything you can’t quite name

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.

Related words

machin — thingamajig
bidule — doodah, gizmo
astuce — trick, tip

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