Wiktionary

toile

See also: Toile and toilé

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French toile. Doublet of tela.

Noun

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toile (countable and uncountable, plural toiles)

  1. plain or simple twilled fabric
  2. a draft garment made of inexpensive cloth for the purposes of fitting and design evaluation

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French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /twal/
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Noun

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toile f (plural toiles)

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

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Descendants

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  • → Turkish: tuval

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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toile

  1. Alternative form of toilen

Etymology 2

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From Anglo-Norman toile.

Noun

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toile

  1. Alternative form of toyle

Old French

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Etymology

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From earlier form teile, from Latin tēla.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. fabric
  2. web

Descendants

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Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

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toile f

  1. genitive singular of toil
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