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English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English toll, tol, tolle, from Old English tol, toll, toln (“toll, duty, custom”), from Proto-Germanic *tullō (“what is counted or told”), 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

toll (plural tolls)

  1. Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
    The war has taken its toll on the people.
  2. 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.
  3. (business) 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.
  4. (US) A tollbooth.
    We will be replacing some manned tolls with high-speed device readers.
  5. (UK, law, obsolete) A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
  6. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
Derived terms
terms derived from toll (charge)

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Translations
tollbooth — see tollbooth
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Verb

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).
    • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      No Italian priest / Shall tithe or toll in our dominions.
  3. (transitive) To take as a toll.
  4. To pay a toll or tallage.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Translations

References

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

toll (plural tolls)

  1. The act or sound of tolling
Translations

Verb

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.
    • (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      When hollow murmurs of their evening bells / Dismiss the sleepy swains, and toll them to their cells.
  3. (transitive) To announce by tolling.
    The bells tolled the King’s death.
    • (Can we date this quote by Beattie and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

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

Verb

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 (especially, fish and animals).
Synonyms
Translations
entice — see entice

Etymology 4

From Latin tollō (“to lift up”).

Verb

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

Etymology 5

Verb

toll

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

References

Catalan

Noun

toll m (plural tolls)

  1. pool, puddle

German

Etymology

From Old High German tol, from Proto-Germanic *dulaz (“dazed, foolish, crazy, stupid”), cognate with English dull. More at dull.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔl/
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Adjective

toll (comparative toller, superlative am tollsten)

  1. great, nice, wonderful
  2. (dated) crazy, mad

Declension

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Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Further reading

  • “toll” in Duden online

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *tulka (“feather, wing”).[1][2].

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

Compound words

References

  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

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

Icelandic

Noun

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  1. indefinite accusative singular of tollur

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ˠoːl̪ˠ/, /t̪ˠɔl̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

toll m (genitive singular toill, nominative plural toill)

  1. hole, hollow
  2. posterior, buttocks
Declension
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

Etymology 2

From Old Irish toll (“pierced, perforated; hollow, empty”).

Adjective

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

  1. pierced, perforated
  2. hollow, empty; (of voice) deep, hollow
Declension
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

From Old Irish tollaid (“pierces; penetrates”).

Verb

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

  1. to bore, to pierce, to perforate
Conjugation
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

Mutation

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.

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

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) A edge, point of difference
Related terms
Descendants
  • English: tool
  • Scots: towl
References

Etymology 2

Probably from Old English *tyllan.

Verb

toll

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Late Latin teloneum and Old Norse tollr

Noun

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

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Late Latin teloneum and Old Norse tollr

Noun

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

References

Old English

Etymology

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

Noun

toll n

  1. tax, toll, fare

Descendants

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish toll (“hole, hollow; buttocks, hindquarters”).

Noun

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

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

  1. bore, piece, drill, perforate

Skolt Sami

Etymology

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

Noun

toll

  1. fire

Inflection

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

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Ter Sami

Etymology

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

Noun

toll

  1. fire

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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