toll

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English toll, tol, tolle, from Old English toll m or n and toln f (“toll, duty, custom”), from Proto-West Germanic *toll, *tolnu, from Proto-Germanic *tullaz, *tullō (“that which is counted or told, reckoning”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“calculation, fraud”).[1] Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tol (“toll”), Dutch tol (“toll”), German Zoll (“toll, duty, customs”), Danish told (“toll, duty, tariff”), Swedish tull (“toll, customs”), Icelandic tollur (“toll, customs”). More at tell, tale.

Alternate etymology derives Old English toll, from Medieval Latin tolōneum, tolōnium, alteration (due to the Germanic forms above) of Latin telōneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον (telṓnion, “toll-house”), from τέλος (télos, “tax”).

Noun[edit]

toll (plural tolls)

  1. A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
  2. Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
    The war has taken its toll on the people.
  3. A fee paid by the owner of materials or other goods for processing such goods, as under a tolling agreement.
    toll ore refining; toll manufacturing
  4. (business, by extension) A fee for using any kind of material processing service.
    We can handle on a toll basis your needs for spray drying, repackaging, crushing and grinding, and dry blending.
  5. (US) A tollbooth.
    We will be replacing some manned tolls with high-speed device readers.
  6. (UK, law, obsolete) A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
  7. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
tollbooth — see tollbooth
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Verb[edit]

toll (third-person singular simple present tolls, present participle tolling, simple past and past participle tolled)

  1. (transitive) To impose a fee for the use of.
    Once more it is proposed to toll the East River bridges.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To levy a toll on (someone or something).
  3. (transitive) To take as a toll.
  4. To pay a toll or tallage.
Translations[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Whitney, The Century dictionary and cyclopedia, toll.

Etymology 2[edit]

Probably the same as Etymology 3. Possibly related to or influenced by toil

Noun[edit]

toll (plural tolls)

  1. The act or sound of ringing a bell, especially slowly, as with a church or cemetery bell.
Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

toll (third-person singular simple present tolls, present participle tolling, simple past and past participle tolled)

  1. (ergative) To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
    Martin tolled the great bell every day.
    Ask not for whom the bell tolls.
    • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[[Episode 12: The Cyclops]]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
      From the belfries far and near the funereal deathbell tolled unceasingly while all around the gloomy precincts rolled the ominous warning of a hundred muffled drums punctuated by the hollow booming of pieces of ordnance.
  2. (transitive) To summon by ringing a bell.
    The ringer tolled the workers back from the fields for vespers.
    • 1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
      When hollow murmurs of their evening bells
      Dismiss the sleepy swains, and toll them to their cells.
  3. (transitive) To announce by ringing a bell.
    The bells tolled the King’s death.
    • 1771, James Beattie, The Minstrel; or, The Progress of Genius. A Poem. Book the First, 2nd edition, London: […] Edward and Charles Dilly, […]; Edinburgh: A[lexander] Kincaid and W[illiam] Creech; and J[ohn] Bell, […], →OCLC, stanza XLI, page 21:
      Slow tolls the village-clock the drowſy hour;
      The partridge burſts away on whirring wings;
      Deep mourns the turtle in ſequeſter'd bower,
      And ſhrill lark carols clear from her aereal tour.
  4. (figuratively) To make a sound as if made by a bell.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]

Usage notes[edit]

A tolling bell refers to a slow sound, as at a funeral, while the tocsin refers to a fast sound, as in alarm.

Etymology 3[edit]

From Middle English tolen, tollen, variation of tullen, tillen (“to draw, allure, entice”), from Old English *tyllan, *tillan (“to pull, draw, attract”) (found in compounds fortyllan (“to seduce, lead astray, draw away from the mark, deceive”) and betyllan, betillan (“to lure, decoy”)), related to Old Frisian tilla (“to lift, raise”), Dutch tillen (“to lift, raise, weigh, buy”), Low German tillen (“to lift, remove”), Swedish dialectal tille (“to take up, appropriate”).

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

toll (third-person singular simple present tolls, present participle tolling, simple past and past participle tolled)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To draw; pull; tug; drag.
  2. (transitive) To tear in pieces.
  3. (transitive) To draw; entice; invite; allure.
    Hou many virgins shal she tolle and drawe to þe Lord - "Life of Our Lady"
  4. (transitive) To lure with bait; tole (especially, fish and animals).
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
entice — see entice

Etymology 4[edit]

From Latin tollō (“to lift up”).

Verb[edit]

toll (third-person singular simple present tolls, present participle tolling, simple past and past participle tolled)

  1. (law, obsolete) To take away; to vacate; to annul.
  2. (law) To suspend.
    The statute of limitations defense was tolled as a result of the defendant’s wrongful conduct.
Translations[edit]

Etymology 5[edit]

Verb[edit]

toll

  1. (African-American Vernacular) simple past and past participle of tell
    I done toll you for the last time.

References[edit]

See also[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Proto-Celtic *tullom, *tullos (“hole”). (Compare Irish toll, Welsh twll, both meaning "hole".)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

toll m (plural tolls)

  1. pool, puddle

References[edit]

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German tol, from Old High German tol, from Proto-Germanic *dulaz (“dazed, foolish, crazy, stupid”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

toll (strong nominative masculine singular toller, comparative toller, superlative am tollsten)

  1. (colloquial) great, nice, wonderful
    Synonyms: cool, geil
    ‚Katjuscha‘ ist ein tolles Lied. ― ‘Katyusha’ is a great song.
  2. (dated) crazy, mad
    Synonym: verrückt
    • 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Walpurgisnacht”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]‎[2]:
      Laß uns aus dem Gedräng’ entweichen; / Es ist zu toll, sogar für meines gleichen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 141:
      Wie aus weiter Ferne hörte er Frau Stöhr etwas erzählen oder behaupten, was ihm als so tolles Zeug erschien, daß er in verwirrte Zweifel geriet, ob er noch richtig höre oder ob Frau Stöhrs Äußerungen sich vielleicht in seinem Kopfe zu Unsinn verwandelten.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension[edit]

Positive forms of toll
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist toll sie ist toll es ist toll sie sind toll
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative toller tolle tolles tolle
genitive tollen toller tollen toller
dative tollem toller tollem tollen
accusative tollen tolle tolles tolle
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der tolle die tolle das tolle die tollen
genitive des tollen der tollen des tollen der tollen
dative dem tollen der tollen dem tollen den tollen
accusative den tollen die tolle das tolle die tollen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein toller eine tolle ein tolles (keine) tollen
genitive eines tollen einer tollen eines tollen (keiner) tollen
dative einem tollen einer tollen einem tollen (keinen) tollen
accusative einen tollen eine tolle ein tolles (keine) tollen
Comparative forms of toll
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist toller sie ist toller es ist toller sie sind toller
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative tollerer tollere tolleres tollere
genitive tolleren tollerer tolleren tollerer
dative tollerem tollerer tollerem tolleren
accusative tolleren tollere tolleres tollere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der tollere die tollere das tollere die tolleren
genitive des tolleren der tolleren des tolleren der tolleren
dative dem tolleren der tolleren dem tolleren den tolleren
accusative den tolleren die tollere das tollere die tolleren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein tollerer eine tollere ein tolleres (keine) tolleren
genitive eines tolleren einer tolleren eines tolleren (keiner) tolleren
dative einem tolleren einer tolleren einem tolleren (keinen) tolleren
accusative einen tolleren eine tollere ein tolleres (keine) tolleren
Superlative forms of toll
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am tollsten sie ist am tollsten es ist am tollsten sie sind am tollsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative tollster tollste tollstes tollste
genitive tollsten tollster tollsten tollster
dative tollstem tollster tollstem tollsten
accusative tollsten tollste tollstes tollste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der tollste die tollste das tollste die tollsten
genitive des tollsten der tollsten des tollsten der tollsten
dative dem tollsten der tollsten dem tollsten den tollsten
accusative den tollsten die tollste das tollste die tollsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein tollster eine tollste ein tollstes (keine) tollsten
genitive eines tollsten einer tollsten eines tollsten (keiner) tollsten
dative einem tollsten einer tollsten einem tollsten (keinen) tollsten
accusative einen tollsten eine tollste ein tollstes (keine) tollsten

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “toll” in Duden online
  • “toll” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Uralic *tulka.[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

toll (plural tollak)

  1. feather (a branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display)
  2. feather (a feather-like fin or wing on objects, such as an arrow)
  3. pen (a tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks)
  4. (figuratively) pen (a writer, or his style)

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative toll tollak
accusative tollat tollakat
dative tollnak tollaknak
instrumental tollal tollakkal
causal-final tollért tollakért
translative tollá tollakká
terminative tollig tollakig
essive-formal tollként tollakként
essive-modal — —
inessive tollban tollakban
superessive tollon tollakon
adessive tollnál tollaknál
illative tollba tollakba
sublative tollra tollakra
allative tollhoz tollakhoz
elative tollból tollakból
delative tollról tollakról
ablative tolltól tollaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		tollé tollaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		tolléi tollakéi
Possessive forms of toll
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tollam tollaim
2nd person sing. tollad tollaid
3rd person sing. tolla tollai
1st person plural tollunk tollaink
2nd person plural tollatok tollaitok
3rd person plural tolluk tollaik

Derived terms[edit]

Compound words

References[edit]

  1. ^ Entry #1075 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ toll in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading[edit]

  • toll in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic[edit]

Noun[edit]

toll

  1. indefinite accusative singular of tollur

Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish toll (“hole, hollow; buttocks, hindquarters”), from Proto-Celtic *tullom, *tullos (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Welsh twll.

Noun[edit]

toll m (genitive singular toill, nominative plural toill)

  1. hole, hollow
  2. posterior, buttocks
Declension[edit]
Declension of toll

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative toll toill
Vocative a thoill a tholla
Genitive toill toll
Dative toll toill

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an toll na toill
Genitive an toill na dtoll
Dative leis an toll

don toll

leis na toill

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Irish toll (“pierced, perforated; hollow, empty”). See Etymology 1 above.

Adjective[edit]

toll (genitive singular masculine toill, genitive singular feminine toille, plural tolla, comparative toille)

  1. pierced, perforated
  2. hollow, empty; (of voice) deep, hollow
Declension[edit]
Declension of toll
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative toll tholl tolla;
tholla²
Vocative thoill tolla
Genitive toille tolla toll
Dative toll;
tholl¹ 		tholl;
thoill (archaic) 		tolla;
tholla²
Comparative níos toille
Superlative is toille

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Etymology 3[edit]

From Old Irish tollaid (“pierces; penetrates”). See Etymology 1 above.

Verb[edit]

toll (present analytic tollann, future analytic tollfaidh, verbal noun tolladh, past participle tollta)

  1. to bore, to pierce, to perforate
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of toll (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present tollaim tollann tú;
tollair† 		tollann sé, sí tollaimid tollann sibh tollann siad;
tollaid† 		a thollann; a thollas /
a dtollann*; a dtollas* 		tolltar
past tholl mé; thollas tholl tú; thollais tholl sé, sí thollamar; tholl muid tholl sibh; thollabhair tholl siad; tholladar a tholl /
ar tholl* 		tolladh
past habitual thollainn / dtollainn‡‡ tholltá / dtolltᇇ tholladh sé, sí / dtolladh sé, s퇇 thollaimis; tholladh muid / dtollaimis‡‡; dtolladh muid‡‡ tholladh sibh / dtolladh sibh‡‡ thollaidís; tholladh siad / dtollaidís‡‡; dtolladh siad‡‡ a tholladh /
a dtolladh* 		tholltaí / dtollta퇇
future tollfaidh mé;
tollfad 		tollfaidh tú;
tollfair† 		tollfaidh sé, sí tollfaimid;
tollfaidh muid 		tollfaidh sibh tollfaidh siad;
tollfaid† 		a thollfaidh; a thollfas /
a dtollfaidh*; a dtollfas* 		tollfar
conditional thollfainn / dtollfainn‡‡ thollfá / dtollfᇇ thollfadh sé, sí / dtollfadh sé, s퇇 thollfaimis; thollfadh muid / dtollfaimis‡‡; dtollfadh muid‡‡ thollfadh sibh / dtollfadh sibh‡‡ thollfaidís; thollfadh siad / dtollfaidís‡‡; dtollfadh siad‡‡ a thollfadh /
a dtollfadh* 		thollfaí / dtollfa퇇
subjunctive present go dtolla mé;
go dtollad† 		go dtolla tú;
go dtollair† 		go dtolla sé, sí go dtollaimid;
go dtolla muid 		go dtolla sibh go dtolla siad;
go dtollaid† 		— go dtolltar
past dá dtollainn dá dtolltá dá dtolladh sé, sí dá dtollaimis;
dá dtolladh muid 		dá dtolladh sibh dá dtollaidís;
dá dtolladh siad 		— dá dtolltaí
imperative tollaim toll tolladh sé, sí tollaimis tollaigí;
tollaidh† 		tollaidís — tolltar
verbal noun tolladh
past participle tollta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
toll tholl dtoll
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 23

Jamtish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse þǫll, from Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛚᚢ (*þallu), from Proto-Germanic *þallō. Cognate with Swedish tall, Icelandic þöll.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Brunflo, Hällesjö) IPA(key): [¹t̪ʰɔl̪ː]
  • (Berg) IPA(key): [¹t̪ʰɞ̞l̪ː]
  • (Stugun) IPA(key): [¹t̪ʰol̪ː]
  • (Fors) IPA(key): [¹t̪ʰɒl̪ː]

Noun[edit]

toll m

  1. pine, Scots pine tree, Pinus sylvestris

Declension[edit]

  Declension of toll (strong long u-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative toll toll'enn tollar tollan
dative toll toll'a tollar tollum
compound-genitive toller, toll ― tolle ―
vocative toll ― toller ―

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English toll, from Proto-Germanic *tullō.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

toll (plural tolles)

  2. A toll, tax, or charge.
  3. The privilege to levy fees or charges.
  4. A waiver from any fees or charges.
  5. (rare) taxation, payment.
  6. (rare) An edge, point of difference
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • English: tool
  • Scots: towl
References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

toll

  2. Alternative form of tollen (“to bring”).

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin teloneum and Old Norse tollr.

Noun[edit]

toll m (definite singular tollen, indefinite plural toller, definite plural tollene)

  1. duty (customs duty, excise duty)
  2. customs
    gå gjennom tollen ― to go through customs

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse þǫll, from Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛚᚢ (*þallu), from Proto-Germanic *þallō. Cognate with Jamtish toll, Icelandic þöll.

Alternative forms[edit]

Dialects

Noun[edit]

toll f (definite singular tolla, indefinite plural toller, definite plural tollene)

  1. (young) pine
    Synonym: fure
    • 1908, Ivar Kleiven, I Heimegrendi : Minne fraa Seksti-Aarom, Kristiania: Aschehoug:
      tolli stod tjukk som hampen so langt me kunde sjå
      the pine[s] stood thick as hemp for as long as we could see
  2. soft pine wood
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse tollr, from Middle Low German tol, from Old Saxon tolna, from Medieval Latin toloneum.

Noun[edit]

toll m (definite singular tollen, indefinite plural tollar, definite plural tollane)

  1. duty (customs duty, excise duty)
  2. customs
    gå gjennom tollen ― to go through customs
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *tollą, from Vulgar Latin toloneum, from Late Latin teloneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον (telṓnion, “toll-house”), from τέλος (télos, “tax”).

Germanic cognates include Old Saxon tol (Dutch tol), Old High German zol (German Zoll), Old Norse tollr (Swedish tull). See also parallel forms represented by Old English toln.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

toll n

  1. tax, toll, fare

Descendants[edit]

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish toll (“hole, hollow; buttocks, hindquarters”), from Proto-Celtic *tukslo-, *tullos (“pierced, hollow”), see also Middle Low German stoken (“to stab, to prickle”), German stochern (“to pick, to poke”), Sanskrit दति (tudáti, “to push, to strike, to jab, to pierce”).[1]

Noun[edit]

toll m (genitive singular tuill, plural tuill)

  1. hole, cavity, puncture, hollow
  2. crevice, perforation
  3. pit
  4. socket
  5. (nautical) hold of a ship
  6. (vulgar) arse
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “toll”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Irish tollaid (“pierces; penetrates”), from toll (“hole, hollow”). See Etymology 1 above.

Verb[edit]

toll (past tholl, future tollaidh, verbal noun tolladh, past participle tollte)

  1. bore, piece, drill, perforate

Skolt Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *tolë, from Proto-Uralic *tule.

Noun[edit]

toll

  1. fire

Inflection[edit]

Even â-stem, lˈl-l gradation
Nominative toll
Genitive tool
Singular Plural
Nominative toll tool
Accusative tool toolid
Genitive tool tooli
Illative toʹlle toolid
Locative toolâst toolin
Comitative toolin toolivuiʹm
Abessive tooltää toolitää
Essive tollân
Partitive tollâd
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person — — —
2nd person — — —
3rd person — — —

Further reading[edit]

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Ter Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *tolë, from Proto-Uralic *tule.

Noun[edit]

toll

  1. fire

Further reading[edit]

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[4], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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