tôle

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Dialectal (northern) form of table.

Noun

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tôle f (plural tôles)

  1. sheet metal
    • 1870, Jules Verne, chapter 9, in Vingt Mille Lieues Sous Les Mers [Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas]‎[1], Paris: J. Hetzel et Compagnie, part 1:
      Pendant deux heures encore, la colère de Ned Land s’exalta. Le Canadien appelait, il criait, mais en vain. Les murailles de tôle étaient sourdes. Je n’entendais même aucun bruit à l’intérieur de ce bateau, qui semblait mort.
      For two more hours, Ned Land's rage brewed up. The Canadian called out, he yelled, but all was in vain. The metal walls did not hear. I couldn't even hear any noise inside the boat, which seemed dead to the world.

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms.

Noun

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tôle f (plural tôles)

  1. Alternative form of taule

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