Fromtrucar ( “ to knock ” ) .
truc m (plural trucs )
nock call ,ring hit (of a ball in billiards etc.)Borrowed fromSpanish truco orFrench truc .
truc m (plural trucs )
trick ( for deceiving ) trick ( skillful play ) ( card games ) trick ( video games ) cheat truc m inan
spite Declension oftruc (hard masculine inanimate )
“truc ”, inPříruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech),1935–1957 “truc ”, inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech),1960–1971, 1989 “truc ”, inInternetová jazyková příručka (in Czech),2008–2025 FromFrench truc .
truc m (plural trucs or truken ,diminutive trucje n )
trick FromMiddle French truc , fromOld French trut , borrowed fromOld Occitan truc , deverbal fromtrucar , fromVulgar Latin *trūdicāre .
truc m (plural trucs )
procedure ,technique 1883 ,Émile Zola ,Au bonheur des dames :Il n’y a aucune raison pour que ça s’arrête. Le capital peut passer quinze fois, voici longtemps que je le prédis. Même, dans certains rayons, il passera vingt-cinq et trente fois… Ensuite, eh bien ! ensuite, nous trouverons untruc pour le faire passer davantage. ‘There’s no reason why it should stop. The capital can be turned over fifteen times; I’ve been predicting it for a long time. In certain departments it’ll be turned over twenty-five and thirty times … and after that, well, after that we’ll findsome way to use it even more.’ Translated by Brian Nelson ( slang , colloquial ) thingamajig ,thingy ,thing 1932 ,Louis-Ferdinand Céline ,Voyage au bout de la nuit :— Je t’aime Léon, tu vois bien que je t’aime, Léon... Elle ne savait que cetruc -là, son « je t’aime ». Comme si ç’avait été la réponse à tout. 'I love you, Leon . . . Can't you see that I love you?' "That's all she knew, her 'I love you'jazz . As if that was the answer to everything. " Translated by Ralph Manheim trick 1873 , Henry Buguet et Georges d'Heylli,Foyers et coulisses; histoire anecdotique des théâtres de Paris :FromOld French trut , borrowed fromOld Occitan truc , deverbal fromtrucar , fromVulgar Latin *trūdicāre .
truc m (plural trucs )
trick ;deception stratagem French:truc (see there for further descendants ) truc onDictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)Deverbal fromtrucar .
truc m (oblique plural trucs ,nominative singular trucs ,nominative plural truc )
hit ;strike “truc ”, inDictionnaire de l’occitan médiéval en ligne (in German and French), Munich: LMU,2013 –2025 Borrowed fromFrench truc .
truc n (plural trucuri )
trick Borrowed fromGerman Trotz .
IPA (key ) : /trût͡s/ Hyphenation:truc trȕc m (Cyrillic spelling тру̏ц )
( regional ) spite ,defiance ( regional ) stubbornness ,obstinacy “truc ”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal ] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025