tol

See also: Tol, tól, țol, tol', -tól, and -től

English

Etymology

Back slang for lot.

Noun

tol (plural tols)

  1. (obsolete, costermongers) Lot
    • 1851, Mayhew, Henry, “Habits and Amusements of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor‎, volume 1, page 11:
      Business topics are discussed in a most peculiar style. One man takes the pipe from his mouth and says, "Bill made a doogheno hit this morning." "Jem," says another, to a man just entering, "you'll stand a top o' reeb?" "On," answers Jem, "I've had a trosseno tol, and have been doing dab."
    • 1978, Ayers, Rose, The Street Sparrows:
      "Give me two gen, then, and take the whole bloody tol. I've walked me teef orf afore rouf this mornin', and wot 'ave I got? Two bloody yenneps! I ask yer."

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the determiner tou (“all”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

Contraction

tol m (feminine tola, neuter tolo, masculine plural tolos, feminine plural toles)

  1. all the

Catalan

Verb

tol

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of toldre
  2. second-person singular imperative form of toldre

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔl
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tol (“twig”), related to telg.

Noun

tol m (plural tollen, diminutive tolletje n)

  1. top, spinning top (a toy)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch tol, from Old Dutch tol, from Latin telōneum (“custom house”).

Noun

tol m (plural tollen)

  1. toll, customs (money)

Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse þol.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰoːl/

Noun

tol n (genitive singular tols, uncountable)

  1. patience

Declension

Declension of tol (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative tol tolið
accusative tol tolið
dative toli tolinum
genitive tols tolsins

Antonyms

  • ótol

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtol]
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Verb

tol

  1. (transitive) to push

Conjugation

Derived terms

Lithuanian

Preposition

tol

  1. until

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English toll.

Noun

tol

  1. Alternative form of toll (“toll”)

Etymology 2

From Old English tōl.

Noun

tol

  1. Alternative form of tool (“tool”)

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Old High German tal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toːl/

Noun

tol n (plural telder)

  1. valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)

References

  • Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

tol

  1. imperative of tola and tole

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tōlą, from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to; secure”).

Noun

tōl n

  1. tool, implement, instrument

Declension

Descendants

Old High German

Etymology

From *dulaz, whence also Old English dol.

Adjective

tol

  1. foolish
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