The clothes, bed linen and household things a bride collects and brings with her when she marries. It is an old custom word from a world where a young woman spent years quietly gathering sheets, towels, nightdresses and a few good dresses into a chest before her wedding — sometimes with her mother and aunts sewing beside her.

a bride新娘 when she marries出嫁時 collects and brings with her收集帶去的 the clothes, bed linen and household things衣物、床單寢具和家用品。It is這是 an old custom word一個老式的說法 from a world源自一個時代，before her wedding婚禮前 a young woman年輕女子 spent years quietly花好幾年悄悄地 gathering sheets, towels, nightdresses and a few good dresses into a chest把床單、毛巾、睡衣和幾件好衣服收進箱子裡，sometimes with her mother and aunts sewing beside her有時媽媽和阿姨會在旁邊一起縫。

Today the custom has mostly gone in English-speaking countries, and the word has gone with it.

in English-speaking countries在英語系國家 today如今 the custom這個習俗 has mostly gone已經幾乎消失了，and the word has gone with it這個字也跟著一起消失了。

You meet it in novels, in period dramas, in wedding magazines being a bit playful ('honeymoon trousseau'), and in older relatives' speech, but hardly ever in plain modern conversation. It is worth knowing anyway, because it appears constantly in nineteenth-century literature, where a girl's trousseau tells you her family's money and her family's hopes in one word.

in novels在小說裡、in period dramas古裝劇裡、in wedding magazines婚禮雜誌裡 being a bit playful ('honeymoon trousseau')用得有點俏皮（像'honeymoon trousseau'）、and in older relatives' speech還有長輩的口中 you meet it你會遇到這個字，but hardly ever in plain modern conversation但現代日常對話裡幾乎不會用到。It is worth knowing anyway不過還是值得認識，because因為 it appears constantly in nineteenth-century literature它在十九世紀文學裡經常出現，where在那些作品裡 a girl's trousseau一個女孩的嫁妝 tells you her family's money and her family's hopes告訴你她家裡的財力和期望 in one word只用一個字就說完了。

Say it roughly TROO-so; the final -x in the French plural trousseaux is silent, and in English you may also see the plain plural trousseaus.

Say it roughly TROO-so唸法大概是 TROO-so，the final -x in the French plural trousseaux法文複數 trousseaux 最後的 -x is silent不發音，and in English而在英文裡 you may also see the plain plural trousseaus你也可能看到普通複數 trousseaus。

It is not the same as a dowry — a dowry is money or property paid to the husband's family, while a trousseau is her own things, for her own use.

It is not the same as a dowry它跟嫁妝(dowry)不一樣——a dowry是money or property paid to the husband's family付給夫家的錢或財產，while而 a trousseau嫁妝(trousseau) is her own things是她自己的東西，for her own use給她自己用的。