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toil
English
Alternative forms
- toyle (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English toilen, toylen, apparently a conflation of Anglo-Norman toiller (“to agitate, stir up, entangle”) (compare Old Northern French tooillier, tooullier (“to agitate, stir”); of unknown origin), and Middle English tilyen, telien, teolien, tolen, tolien, tulien (“to till, work, labour”), from Old English tilian, telian, teolian, tiolian (“to exert oneself, toil, work, make, generate, strive after, try, endeavor, procure, obtain, gain, provide, tend, cherish, cultivate, till, plough, trade, traffic, aim at, aspire to, treat, cure”) (compare Middle Dutch tuylen, teulen (“to till, work, labour”)), from Proto-Germanic *til?n? (“to strive, reach for, aim for, hurry”). Cognate with Scots tulyie (“to quarrel, flite, contend”).
An alternate etymology derives Middle English toilen, toylen directly from Middle Dutch tuylen, teulen (“to work, labour, till”), from tuyl ("agriculture, labour, toil"; > Modern Dutch tuil (“toil; work”)). Cognate with Old Frisian teula (“to labour, toil”), teule (“labour, work”), Dutch tuil (“toil, labour”). Compare also Dutch telen (“to grow; raise; cultivate, till”). More at till.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??l/, /?t???l/
- Rhymes: -??l, -???l
Noun
toil (countable and uncountable, plural toils)
- Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
- Synonyms: derve, drudgery, swink; see also Thesaurus:drudgery
- Trouble, strife.
- (usually in the plural) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey.
Derived terms
- toiler
- toilsome
Translations
Verb
toil (third-person singular simple present toils, present participle toiling, simple past and past participle toiled)
- (intransitive) To labour; work.
- (intransitive) To struggle.
- (transitive) To work (something); often with out.
- places well toiled and husbanded
- (transitive) To weary through excessive labour.
Derived terms
- toil and moil
Translations
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “toil”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- -itol, loti
Basque
Noun
toil
- conger eel
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish tol (“will, desire”).
Pronunciation
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /t???l?/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /t???l?/
Noun
toil f (genitive singular tola)
- will
Declension
Derived terms
- le do thoil
- más é do thoil é
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “tol”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “toil” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "toil" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tol?/
Noun
toil
- inflection of tol:
- accusative/dative singular
- nominative/vocative/accusative dual
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish tol (“will, desire”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t???l/
Noun
toil f (genitive singular toile, plural toilean)
- will, desire, volition, inclination
- delight, pleasure
Derived terms
- is toil leam (“I like”)
- mas e do thoil e (“please”)
Derived terms
- mì-thoil (“reluctance”)
- saor-thoil (“free will”)
- toileach (“willing”)
References
- “toil” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “tol”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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lesson
English
Etymology
From Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, from Latin l?cti?, l?cti?nem (“a reading”), from leg? (“I read, I gather”). Doublet of lection.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?sn?/
- Homophone: lessen
- Hyphenation: les?son
- Rhymes: -?s?n
Noun
lesson (plural lessons)
- A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
- A learning task assigned to a student; homework.
- Something learned or to be learned.
- Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.
- A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.
- A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
- She would give her a lesson for walking so late.
- (music) An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.
Synonyms
- lear
- (religious reading): lection
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
lesson (third-person singular simple present lessons, present participle lessoning, simple past and past participle lessoned)
- To give a lesson to; to teach.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vi:
- her owne daughter Pleasure, to whom shee / Made her companion, and her lessoned / In all the lore of loue, and goodly womanhead.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vi:
Translations
See also
- lesson on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Lesson in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Elsons, Slones, no less, nosels, nosles, solens
Middle English
Noun
lesson
- Alternative form of lessoun
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