trantran

French

Etymology

According to Littré, it is formed from the old verb trantraner, which comes from the Dutch tranten, trantelen, to walk here and there.

Noun

trantran m (plural trantran)

1. Slow, routine pace of things in a business, in daily life.
2. humdrum daily routine

Derived terms

• train-train

References

• “trantran”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.