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Webster 1913 Edition
Toise
Toise
(toiz)
, Noun.
[F., fr. LL. ]
tesa
, fr. L. tensus
, fem. tensa
, p. p. of tendere
to stretch, extend. See Tense
, Adj.
An old measure of length in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French feet.
Webster 1828 Edition
Toise
TOISE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
toise
toise
See also: toisé
English
Noun
toise (plural toises)
- a former French unit of length, corresponding to about 1.949 metres
- 1997: the greater its speed, the less visible it grows, until at around a Thousand Toises per Minute, it vanishes entirely — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /twaz/
Etymology 1
From Old French teise (cognate with Italian tesa), from Latin tesa (brachia) (“outstretched (arms)”), from tendere (“stretch”).
Noun
toise f (plural toises)
- toise
- height gauge
Etymology 2
Conjugated form of toiser
Verb
toise
- first-person singular present indicative of toiser
- third-person singular present indicative of toiser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of toiser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of toiser
- second-person singular imperative of toiser
Anagrams
Irish
Noun
toise f (genitive singular toise, nominative plural toisí)
Declension
Declension of toise
Fourth declension
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| toise | thoise | dtoise |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||