toe

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot.
2. (countable, uncountable) The equivalent part in an animal.
3. (countable, uncountable) That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe.
4. (countable, uncountable) Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something.
5. (uncountable) An advanced form of ballet primarily performed by women, wearing pointe shoes.
6. (countable, uncountable) An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle, either positive (toe in), meaning the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back, or negative (toe out), the other way round.
7. (countable, uncountable) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
8. (countable, uncountable) A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, such as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved.
9. (countable, uncountable) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
10. (countable, uncountable) The long side of an angled cut.
11. (countable, uncountable) The upper end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the heel (lower end).
12. (countable, slang, uncountable) A cameltoe.
13. (Australia, New-Zealand, slang, uncountable) Speed, energy, vigor.
14. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) a person

Verb

1. (transitive) To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
3. (transitive) To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
4. (transitive) To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of the piece) into the piece to which it is to be fastened.
5. (transitive) To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.

Conceptes

dit

dit del peu

dit gros del peu

guarisme

dit de la mà

puntera

Sinònims

finger

digit

toenail

foot

🦶

toes

big toe

footprint

👣

thumb

little toe

end

🔚

heel

feet

🐾

claw

leg

🦵

nail

nose

👃

ogive

one

patten

paw

peak

pike

pincers

point

pointedness

prong

shank

sharpness

socle

tip

tiptoe

vertex

great toe

leg band

Zoccola

aiglet

dactylus

stylopodium

go on tiptoe

ton of oil equivalent

toe box

base of slope

toe of retaining wall

accelerate

digiti pedis

acme

aglet

apex

base

bent

Traduccions

orteil

Zehe

doigt

teen

Zeh

dedo

digitus

dedo

dito del piede

dito

dedo del pie

dedo do pé

parmak

δάχτυλο

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/təʊ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: to

Heretat de anglès antic: tā

Cognat amb neerlandès: teen

Cognat amb alemany: Zehe

Cognat amb danès: tå

Cognat amb suec: tå

Cognat amb anglès antic: teōn

Cognat amb alemany: zeihen

Cognat amb hitita:

Cognat amb llatí: dīcere

Cognat amb grec antic: δείκνυμι

Cognat amb sànscrit: दिदेष्टि

In summary

From Middle English to, from Old English tā, (Mercian) tāhe, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ, from *tīhwaną (“to show, announce”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”).
See also Dutch teen, German Zehe, Danish tå, Swedish tå; also Old English teōn (“to accuse”), German zeihen (“to accuse, blame”); also Hittite [script needed] (tekkuššāi), Latin dīcere (“to say”), digitus (“finger”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to point out, show”), Sanskrit दिदेष्टि (dídeṣṭi), दिशति (diśáti).