toise

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine, historical) toise (former French unit of length equal to six pieds)
2. (feminine) height gauge

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of toiser:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of toiser:

Sinonieme

brasse

Vertalings

tesa

fathom

vadem

kulaç

braça

Toise

brace

medley

height measure

braccia

braccio

metro

rana

🐸

schoolslag

toise

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/twaz/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Italiaans: tesa

In summary

From Old French teise (cognate with Italian tesa), from Latin tēnsa (bracchia) (“outstretched (arms)”), from tendō (“stretch”).