noun General Slang

Tromle

/tʀomɛ/ · noun · slang

Verlan for 'metro' — the underground/subway, a daily-life banlieue word.

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Definitions

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Refers to the metro as a means of getting around the city.

“On prend le tromE ou on marche? = Do we take the metro or walk?”
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Part of a wider verlan vocabulary for everyday Paris life, alongside words for places and transport.

“Le tromE etait blinde a cette heure. = The metro was packed at that hour.”
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From 'metro' (the underground/subway). Verlan flips me-tro to tro-me, written 'tromE' or 'tromle'. It means the metro.

“Je te retrouve au tromE. = I'll meet you at the metro.”
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Tromle In A Sentence

Le dernier tromE part a minuit.
On s'est croises dans le tromE.
J'ai rate mon tromE ce matin.

Origin & Usage

Parisian verlan from 'metro', part of the everyday banlieue lexicon. Like much verlan it reshuffles a familiar word of city life rather than coining a new one, and is documented in studies of Paris youth speech from the 1990s onward.

Variants trome
Tags #verlan#french#argot#transport#banlieue

People Also Ask

What does tromE mean?

It's verlan for 'metro' and refers to the underground or subway.

Is tromE common?

It's everyday Paris youth slang, though less universal than heavy hitters like 'meuf' or 'ouf'.

Where did tromE come from?

From verlan, the back-slang of the French banlieues, applied to ordinary city vocabulary.

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