toile

See also: Toile and toilé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French toile. Doublet of tela.

Noun

toile (countable and uncountable, plural toiles)

1. plain or simple twilled fabric
2. a draft garment made of inexpensive cloth for the purposes of fitting and design evaluation

Synonyms

• (draft garment): muslin, mock-up

Anagrams

• Eliot, Leoti, lie to, teloi

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French toile, earlier teile, from Latin tēla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twal/

• Audio:

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Noun

toile f (plural toiles)

1. fabric, cloth; canvas
2. painting (artwork)
3. (spider's) web
4. Alternative letter-case form of Toile
5. (weaving) plain weave

Derived terms

• comme un pet sur une toile cirée
• tisser sa toile
• toile cirée
• toile de fond
• toile de jute
• toile d’araignée

 

Related terms

• toilier

Descendants

• → Turkish: tuval

Further reading

• “toile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ilote

Middle English

Etymology 1

Most likely from Anglo-Norman toilier, but possibly from Middle Dutch tuylen.

Verb

toile

1. Alternative form of toilen

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman toile.

Noun

toile

1. Alternative form of toyle

Old French

Etymology

From earlier form teile, from Latin tēla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoi̯.lə/

Noun

toile oblique singular, f (oblique plural toiles, nominative singular toile, nominative plural toiles)

1. fabric
2. web

Descendants

• French: toile

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

toile f

1. genitive singular of toil