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English

Etymology

From French toise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??z/

Noun

toise (plural toises)

1. (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)

1. toise
2. height gauge

Derived terms

• toiser

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

toise

1. first-person singular present indicative of toiser
2. third-person singular present indicative of toiser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of toiser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of toiser
5. 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

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Noun

toise f (genitive singular toise, nominative plural toisí)

1. Alternative form of tomhas (“measure, gauge; guess, riddle”)
2. size, measure, measurement
3. 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.

English

Etymology

Derived from Middle English teies, teyse, taken as a plural, from Anglo-Norman teice, from Old French teise, toise.

Noun

tey (plural teys)

1. (historical) An English measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.

Anagrams

• -ety, Tye, ety, t'ye, tye, yet

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t??i]

Pronoun

tey n pl

1. they

Declension

Kayapó

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t???x]

Noun

tey

1. stinger
2. bird tail

Yurok

Noun

tey

1. brother-in-law