toes

See also: tös

English

Toes

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /təʊz/
• Rhymes: -əʊz
• (US) IPA^(key): /toʊz/
• Homophone: tows

Noun

toes

1. plural of toe

Verb

toes

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of toe

Anagrams

• ETOs, Seto, TEOS, Teos, tose

Asturian

Determiner

toes

1. feminine plural of tou

Galician

Verb

toes

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of toar

Portuguese

Verb

toes

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of toar

Spanish

Verb

toes

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of toar

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh toes, from Proto-Brythonic *toɨs, from Proto-Celtic *taistos.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /toːɨ̯s/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /tɔi̯s/
• Rhymes: -oːɨ̯s

Noun

toes m (plural toesau or toesi)

1. dough, (uncooked) pastry

Derived terms

• surdoes (“leaven, sourdough”)
• toesaidd (“doughy, doughlike”)
• toesen (“doughnut”)
• toeslyd (“doughy, doughlike”)

Related terms

• crwst (“(cooked) pastry”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
toes	does	nhoes	thoes
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “toes”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies