troacă

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troacă

  • /ˈtro̯a.kə/

Rhymes with -akə

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Trok, dialectal variant of Trog. First attested in c. 1650.

noun troci · troace · troacă · troaca · troacele

  1. feminine trough (long container for feeding animals, especially pigs)
  2. feminine, figuratively, in plural, informal junk, a variety of old discarded items Aruncînd o privire îndărăt, fata se mistui pe poarta care dădea într-o curte plină cu tot felul de troace.
  3. feminine wooden tub (wide, flat-bottomed vessel)
  4. broadly, feminine, regional wooden vessel
  5. feminine wooden flour bin of a mill
  6. feminine, regional shell of a turtle
  7. Transylvania, Western, feminine matchbox
  8. feminine, regional calabash gourd

In English

  • trough a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals

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@misc{troaca_2026,
  title = {troacă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/troac%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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