toise
See also: toisé
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔɪz/
Noun
toise (plural toises)
- (historical) A former French unit of length, corresponding to about 1.949 metres.
- 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
- […] the greater its speed, the less visible it grows, until at around a Thousand Toises per Minute, it vanishes entirely […]
- 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /twaz/
Etymology 1
From Old French teise (cognate with Italian tesa), from Latin tēnsa (bracchia) (“outstretched (arms)”), from tendō (“stretch”).
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
toise
Anagrams
Further reading
- “toise” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Irish
Alternative forms
Noun
toise f (genitive singular toise, nominative plural toisí)
- Alternative form of tomhas (“measure, gauge; guess, riddle”)
- size, measure, measurement
- dimension
Declension
Declension of toise
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- aontoiseach (“one-dimensional”, adjective)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
toise | thoise | dtoise |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "toise" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “toise” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “toise” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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