# trut
## Dutch
### Etymology

Unknown. Possibly an alteration of treuzelen (“to tarry”) or prut (“gunk”), or a combination of trui (“slow, ugly, or promiscuous woman”) and kut (“cunt”) and/or tut (“stiff woman”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /trʏt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: trut
* Rhymes: -ʏt

### Noun

trut f (plural trutten, diminutive trutje n)
* (vulgar, derogatory) bitch (pejorative term for a woman)
* (derogatory) boring, narrow-minded or slow person
* (vulgar, chiefly Southern or literary) pussy, cunt (vulva or vagina) [from 20th c.]
** 2011, Antoon Vrints, Het theater van de straat. Publiek geweld in Antwerpen tijdens de eerste helft van de twintigste eeuw, Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, page 245:Dokwerker Jan C. voelde zich geprovoceerd door de opmerking van herbergierster Joanna M. dat ze tevreden was hem samen met zijn vriendin werkvrouw Anna W. te zien. Jan C. die blijkbaar al zijn vermoedens had over de lesbische contacten van zijn vriendin, antwoordde: ‘Zijt gij mijn wijf haar truttenlakker, gij geeft export voor al hetgeen er binnen is en honderd frank er boven over, of gij moogt mijn wijf haar trut niet meer uitlakken.’(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Usage notes

* Milder than teef.

#### Derived terms

* burgertrut
* hockeytrut
* truttemie
* truttig
* vertrutten

## Old French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan truc, deverbal from trucar, from Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre.

### Noun

trut oblique singular, m (oblique plural truz or trutz, nominative singular truz or trutz, nominative plural trut)
* trick

#### Derived terms

* trutenier
* turkier

#### Descendants

* Middle French: truc, truq, trut
** French: truc (see there for further descendants)

### References

* “trut”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtrut/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ut
* Syllabification: trut
* Homophone: trud

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trǫtъ.

#### Noun

trut m animal
* (archaic) drone (male bee)
    Synonyms: truteń, trąd, trąt, trant

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

trut m inan
* (dialectal) stench
* (archaic) leprosy
* (archaic) poison
    Synonym: trucizna

##### Declension
### References

* ↑ “trǫtъ”, in Derksen - Slavic Inherited Lexicon‎, ordbog.oesteuropastudier.dk, 2018 March 2 (last accessed)

### Further reading

* trut in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trǫtъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /trûːt/

### Noun

trȗt m (Cyrillic spelling тру̑т)
* drone (male bee)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “trut”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish thrutin, from Old Norse þrútna. Cognate with English throat (from Old English þrote).

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ʉːt

### Noun

trut c
* Any of several species of large gulls.
* (slang) mouth

#### Derived terms

* håll truten

### Further reading

* trut in Svensk ordbok.