different between soile vs toile

English

Noun

soile (countable and uncountable, plural soiles)

1. Obsolete form of soil.
   • 1589–1600, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation

     The frutefulnesse of the soile is excedyng […]

Anagrams

• Eolis, Sileo, Solie, leois, solei

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French toile. Doublet of tela.

Noun

toile (countable and uncountable, plural toiles)

1. plain or simple twilled fabric

Anagrams

• Eliot, Leoti, lie to, teloi

French

Etymology

From Old French toile, earlier teile, from Latin t?la.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twal/

Noun

toile f (plural toiles)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

• toilier

Descendants

• German: Toilette

Further reading

• “toile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ilote

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Verb

toile

1. Alternative form of toilen

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman toile.

Noun

toile

1. Alternative form of toyle

Old French

Etymology

From earlier form teile, from Latin t?la.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?toi?.l?/

Noun

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

1. fabric
2. web

Descendants

• French: toile

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

toile f

1. genitive singular of toil