different between toles vs toes

English

Noun

toles

1. plural of tole

Anagrams

• TESOL, lotes, stole, telos

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the determiner toes (“all”) + feminine plural article les (“the”).

Contraction

toles f pl (masculine sg tol, feminine sg tola, neuter sg tolo, masculine plural tolos)

1. all the

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tonslis, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, to extend”). Cognate with Latin t?nsillae.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?to?.le?s/, [?t?o???e?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?to.les/, [?t???l?s]

Noun

t?l?s m pl (genitive t?lium); third declension

1. tonsillitis
2. goitre

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

References

• Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (2001) , “toles”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of André J., 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, page 693
• toles in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• toles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle English

Noun

toles

1. plural of tool (“tool”)

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??z/
• Rhymes: -??z
• (US) IPA^(key): /to?z/
• Homophone: tows

Noun

toes

1. plural of toe

Verb

toes

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of toe

Anagrams

• Seto, TEOS, Teos, tose

Asturian

Determiner

toes

1. feminine plural of tou

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *to?s.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /to???s/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /t?i?s/

Noun

toes m (plural toesau or toesi)

1. dough, (uncooked) pastry

Derived terms

• surdoes (“leaven, sourdough”)
• toesaidd (“doughy, doughlike”)
• toesen (“doughnut”)
• toeslyd (“doughy, doughlike”)

Related terms

• crwst (“(cooked) pastry”)

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “toes”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies