told

Alternative forms

• tol'

Etymology

From Middle English tolde, talde (first and third person singular preterite), from Old English tealde (first and third person singular preterite), from Proto-Germanic *talid-, preterite stem of Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“to count; tell”), equivalent to tell +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /təʊld/, /tɔʊld/
• (US) IPA^(key): /toʊld/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊld
• Homophone: tolled

Verb

told

1. simple past tense and past participle of tell

Anagrams

• dolt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔl/, [tˢʌlˀ]
• Homophone: tolv

Noun

told c (singular definite tolden, not used in plural form)

1. duty, tariff (tax placed on imports or exports)

Further reading

• told on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

Possibly from the verb tol +‎ -d (“frequentative suffix”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtold]

Verb

told

1. (transitive) to add, to splice

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