See also: Toile and toilé

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French toile. Doublet of tela.

Noun edit

toile (countable and uncountable, plural toiles)

  1. plain or simple twilled fabric

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French edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /twal/
  • (file)

Noun edit

toile f (plural toiles)

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

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: tuval

Further reading edit

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Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Verb edit

toile

  1. Alternative form of toilen

Etymology 2 edit

From Anglo-Norman toile.

Noun edit

toile

  1. Alternative form of toyle

Old French edit

Etymology edit

From earlier form teile, from Latin tēla.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

  1. fabric
  2. web

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Scottish Gaelic edit

Noun edit

toile f

  1. genitive singular of toil