tol

See also: Tol, tól, țol, tol', -tól, and -től

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English

Etymology

Back slang for lot.

Noun

tol (plural tols)

1. (obsolete, costermongers) Lot
   • 1851, Mayhew, Henry, “Habits and Amusements of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor‎^[1], volume 1, page 11:

     Business topics are discussed in a most peculiar style. One man takes the pipe from his mouth and says, "Bill made a doogheno hit this morning." "Jem," says another, to a man just entering, "you'll stand a top o' reeb?" "On," answers Jem, "I've had a trosseno tol, and have been doing dab."

   • 1978, Ayers, Rose, The Street Sparrows:

     "Give me two gen, then, and take the whole bloody tol. I've walked me teef orf afore rouf this mornin', and wot 'ave I got? Two bloody yenneps! I ask yer."

Anagrams

• LTO, Lot, OTL, lot

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Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the determiner tou (“all”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

Contraction

tol m (feminine tola, neuter tolo, masculine plural tolos, feminine plural toles)

1. all the

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Bariai

Numeral

tol

1. three

References

• Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

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Catalan

Verb

tol

1. third-person singular present indicative form of toldre
2. second-person singular imperative form of toldre

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔl/

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• Hyphenation: tol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tol (“twig”), related to telg.

Noun

tol m (plural tollen, diminutive tolletje n)

1. top, spinning top (a toy)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tol

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch tol, from Old Dutch tol, from Latin telōneum (“custom house”).

Noun

tol m (plural tollen)

1. toll, customs (money)

Derived terms

• tolheffing
• tollenaar
• tolweg
• zijn tol eisen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tol
• → Indonesian: tol

Anagrams

• lot

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse þol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰoːl/

Noun

tol n (genitive singular tols, uncountable)

1. patience

Declension

Declension of tol (singular only)
n3s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tol	tolið
accusative	tol	tolið
dative	toli	tolinum
genitive	tols	tolsins

Antonyms

• ótol

Anagrams

• lot

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Galician

Alternative forms

• atol

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tullon, *tullos (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Compare Spanish tollo (“hole”), Welsh twll, Breton toull, Irish toll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔl/

Noun

tol f (plural toles)

1. ditch used for watering a field
2. dam

Related terms

• atolar
• tola

References

• “tol” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “tol” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tol” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtol]

• Audio

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Verb

tol

1. (transitive) to push

   Synonyms: nyom, lök, taszít

Conjugation

conjugation of tol

Infinitive			tolni
Past participle			tolt
Present participle			toló
Future participle			tolandó
Adverbial participle			tolva
Potential			tolhat
			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indefinite	tolok	tolsz	tol	tolunk	toltok	tolnak
		Definite	tolom én téged/titeket tollak	tolod	tolja	toljuk	toljátok	tolják
	Past	Indefinite	toltam	toltál	tolt	toltunk	toltatok	toltak
		Definite	toltam én téged/titeket toltalak	toltad	tolta	toltuk	toltátok	tolták
Conditional mood	Present	Indefinite	tolnék	tolnál	tolna	tolnánk	tolnátok	tolnának
		Definite	tolnám én téged/titeket tolnálak	tolnád	tolná	tolnánk	tolnátok	tolnák
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indefinite	toljak	tolj or toljál	toljon	toljunk	toljatok	toljanak
		Definite	toljam én téged/titeket toljalak	told or toljad	tolja	toljuk	toljátok	tolják
Conjugated infinitive			tolnom	tolnod	tolnia	tolnunk	tolnotok	tolniuk

Derived terms

• tolakodik
• tolakszik
• tolat
• tolódik
• tolonc
• tolong
• tolul

(With verbal prefixes):

• alátol
• áttol
• betol
• beletol
• eltol
• előtol
• előretol
• feltol
• félretol
• hátratol
• idetol
• kitol
• körültol
• letol
• megtol
• mellétol
• nekitol
• odatol
• összetol
• rátol
• széjjeltol
• széttol
• túltol
• végigtol
• visszatol

References

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch tol (“toll”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tol/
• Hyphenation: tol

Noun

tol

1. toll
2. toll road
3. toll gate

Further reading

• “tol” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Lithuanian

Preposition

tol

1. until

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English toll.

Noun

tol

1. Alternative form of toll (“toll”)

Etymology 2

From Old English tōl.

Noun

tol

1. Alternative form of tool (“tool”)

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Mòcheno

Etymology

From Old High German tal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːl/

Noun

tol n (plural telder)

1. valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)

References

• Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

tol

1. imperative of tola and tole

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tōlą, from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to; secure”).

Noun

tōl n

1. tool, implement, instrument

Declension

Declension of tol (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tōl	tōl
accusative	tōl	tōl
genitive	tōles	tōla
dative	tōle	tōlum

Descendants

• Middle English: tool, tole, tol, toole
  • English: tool
  • Scots: tuil

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Old High German

Etymology

From *dulaz, whence also Old English dol.

Adjective

tol

1. foolish