trémoussoir, n.m., swinging-chair, revolving-chair.
trempage, n.m., steeping; soaking; (print.) wetting.
trempe, n.m., temper (of steel); constitution; character, stamp, quality; (print.) wetting. Donner la — au fer; to temper iron. Ce sont des gens de la même —; they are people of the same stamp.
trempé, -e, part., soaked, wet; tempered (of iron and steel). Il est tout —; he is wet to the skin. Du vin —; diluted wine.
trempée, n.f., steeping, soaking, drenching; (fig. and pop.) whacking, drubbing.
tremper, v.a., to dip, to soak, to steep, to drench, to wet, to temper (iron and steel); to dilute (wine); (print.) to wet (paper); to imbrue. — la soupe; to pour the soup on the bread. — de larmes; to wet with tears. — ses mains dans le sang; to imbrue one’s hands in blood.
tremper, v.n., to soak, to be steeped; to be implicated (in); to be a party (to); to be concerned (in); to participate (in). — dans un crime; to be implicated in a crime.
tremperie (tran-prî), n.f., (print.) wetting-room, sink.
tremplin, n.m., spring-board, leaping-board.
trentain, n.m., thirty all (at tennis).