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toise
English
Etymology
From French toise.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??z/
Noun
toise (plural toises)
- (historical) A former French unit of length, corresponding to about 1.949 metres.
Anagrams
- ETSOI, OSETI, osite
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /twaz/
Etymology 1
From Old French teise (cognate with Italian tesa), from Latin t?nsa (bracchia) (“outstretched (arms)”), from tend? (“stretch”).
Noun
toise f (plural toises)
- toise
- height gauge
Derived terms
- toiser
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
toise
- first-person singular present indicative of toiser
- third-person singular present indicative of toiser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of toiser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of toiser
- second-person singular imperative of toiser
Anagrams
- ostie
Further reading
- “toise” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Irish
Alternative forms
- tois
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
toise f (genitive singular toise, nominative plural toisí)
- Alternative form of tomhas (“measure, gauge; guess, riddle”)
- size, measure, measurement
- dimension
Declension
Derived terms
- aontoiseach (“one-dimensional”, adjective)
Mutation
Further reading
- "toise" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “toise” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “toise” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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hoise
English
Etymology
Probably from Middle Dutch hisen (modern hijsen) or Middle Low German hissen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h??z/
Verb
hoise (third-person singular simple present hoises, present participle hoising, simple past and past participle hoised or hoist)
- (transitive, obsolete except in dialects or after Shakespeare) to hoist
- (intransitive, obsolete): to hoist, be raised
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