tolete

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from French tolet (“rowlock, oarlock; thole”), from Old Norse þollr, from Proto-Germanic *þullaz (“thole”), from Proto-Indo-European *tul-nó- (“bulge, peg”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /toˈlete̝/

Noun

tolete m (plural toletes)

(nautical) thole; rowlock, oarlock.

Derived terms

toleteira

References

“tolete” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“tolete” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
“tolete” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Noun

tolete m (plural toletes)

(nautical) thole (pin serving as the fulcrum of the oars)
turd (a piece of excrement)

Synonyms

(piece of excrement): cagalhão, troço

Spanish

Noun

tolete m (plural toletes)

(nautical) thole
bat; cudgel

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