trotteuse

French

Etymology

From trotter +‎ -euse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɔ.tøz/

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Noun

trotteuse f (plural trotteuses)

1. trotter (a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on opposite sides take a step together alternating with the other set of opposite legs)
2. second hand (on a clock or watch, the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed)

Related terms

• trotteur

Further reading

• “trotteuse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.