Etymology From French tronc des pauvres (“poor box”). Noun tronc (plural troncs) (British) A monetary pool, in which tips are collected and later shared out between all staff, e.g. in a restaurant. Derived terms troncmaster Anagrams NROTC, contr, contr. Etymology Inherited from Latin truncus. Pronunciation IPA(key): (Central) [ˈtɾoŋ] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtɾoŋk] Noun tronc m (plural troncs) trunk, stem, branch log (architecture) shaft (anatomy) trunk, torso (geometry) frustrum (genealogy) main branch (linguistics) branch (transport) team (pair of animals) (castells) the central vertical part of a castell directly atop the baixos, as opposed to the various levels of the pinya Synonyms (stem): tija (shaft of a column): fust (branch of descent): embrancament (main branch of a family): línia troncal Derived terms dormir com un troncestroncartronc celestetronc de l'encèfaltroncatroncaltroncar Related terms truncar Further reading “tronc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. Etymology From Latin truncus. Noun tronc trunk References Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000 Etymology Inherited from Latin truncus. Pronunciation IPA(key): /tʁɔ̃/ Audio:(file) Noun tronc m (plural troncs) (anatomy) trunk (botany) trunk, bole (of a tree) Derived terms tronc cérébral Further reading “tronc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. Etymology From Latin truncus. Noun tronc m (plural troncs) trunk (of a tree) Etymology Onomatopoeic. Interjection tronc thump