toile

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See also: Toile and toilé

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French toile. Doublet of tela.

Noun[edit]

toile (countable and uncountable, plural toiles)

  1. plain or simple twilled fabric

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French toile, earlier teile, from Latin tēla.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /twal/
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Noun[edit]

toile f (plural toiles)

  1. fabric, cloth; canvas
  2. painting (artwork)
  3. (spider's) web
  4. Alternative letter-case form of Toile

Derived terms[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • → Turkish: tuval

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Most likely from Anglo-Norman toilier, but possibly from Middle Dutch tuylen.

Verb[edit]

toile

  1. Alternative form of toilen

Etymology 2[edit]

From Anglo-Norman toile.

Noun[edit]

toile

  1. Alternative form of toyle

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From earlier form teile, from Latin tēla.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

toile f (oblique plural toiles, nominative singular toile, nominative plural toiles)

  1. fabric
  2. web

Descendants[edit]

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Noun[edit]

toile f

  1. genitive singular of toil
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