trouvable, adj., that can be found, discoverable.
*trouvaille, n.f., thing found (by chance); godsend, windfall; discovery, hit, lucky hit. Faire une —; to make a discovery, to discover something.
trouvé, -e, part., found. Bien —; felicitous, happy, new, original (of words). Enfant —; foundling. Croire avoir trouvé la pie au nid; to have found a mare’s nest. Mot bien —; happy word, felicitous expression.
trouver, v.a., to find, to find out, to discover, to detect; to meet with, to meet, to light on, to hit upon, to come across; to like; to think, to deem, to deem it, to dream, to judge. Comment le trouvez-vous? how do you like it? Aller — or venir —; to go to, to go and see, to call or wait upon, to visit. Je lui trouve bon visage; I think he looks well. — à dire, or — à redire; to find fault with. — bon; to approve, to think fit. — mauvais; to blame, to dislike, to disapprove, to be displeased with. — beau, belle; to admire, to think handsome. Où avez-vous trouvé cela? what made you think of that? what put that in your head? Vous trouvez! that’s your opinion, is it!
se trouver, v.r., to find one’s self; to be present, to be, to be by; to feel, to feel one’s self, to prove, to turn out; to happen, to chance, to chance to be. Il s’est trouvé à cette action; he was in that action. Se — mal; to faint, to feel unwell, to be taken ill; to fare ill. Se — bien; to be well, to feel comfortable, to derive benefit from. Cela se trouve bien; that is lucky. Il se trouve; there is or there are; we find; it happens, or turns out.
trouvère or ☉trouveur, n.m., Trouvère, northern bard (name of old poets of the North of France).
truand, n.m., -e, n.f., adj., (pop.) (l.u.) vagrant, beggar, vagabond.
*truandaille, n.f., (pop.) (l.u.) vagrants, beggars, vagabonds.
truander, v.n., (pop.) (l.u.) to beg, to mump, to rove, to loaf.
truanderie (-an-drî), n.m., (pop.) (l.u.) mumping, begging; vagrancy, loafing.