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Translation

hole

Word origin

From French trou ('hole'), which descends from a Vulgar Latin traucum, itself probably a pre-Roman word of Gaulish origin. One of the short French everyday words Zamenhof lifted directly.

Origin
French
Root
trou

Examples

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There is a hole in my pocket, and I lost the key.

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The mouse quickly ran into its hole.

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They made a deep hole in the ground.

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This word is part of lesson 25.