toer
See also: tör
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Noun edit
toer (plural toers)
- One who toes.
- 2010, Bill Kauffman, Bye Bye, Miss American Empire, page 241:
- No toers of lines or marchers in lockstep, dozens of other Free Staters moved to Wyoming.
Breton edit
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toer m
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Danish edit
Noun edit
toer c (singular definite toeren, plural indefinite toere)
- (games) A die roll of two.
- 2001, Hans Jørgen Beck, Lona Graff, Niels Jacob Hansen, Matematik i Niende. Grundbog, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 76:
- Når man kaster med én terning, er et af udfaldene en toer.
- when one throws one die, one of the possibilities is a two.
- (games) A playing card of two.
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Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch toer, from Old French tour. Several senses are borrowed from French tour.
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Noun edit
toer m (plural toeren, diminutive toertje n)
- turn, rotation, revolution
- tour, trip
- (Belgium) whim, urge (odd emotional action or behaviour)
- In de oorlog zijn nogal toeren gebeurd. ― Rather odd actions have taken place during the war.
- prank, stunt, trick
- De verzekering heeft ons een toer gelapt. ― The insurance company has played a trick on us.
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West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin turris. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
toer c (plural tuorren, diminutive tuorke)
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Chess pieces in West Frisian · skaakstikken (layout · text) | |||||
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kening | dame | toer | loper | hynder | pion |
Further reading edit
- “toer (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011