toalha

Significat (Anglès)

1. (feminine) towel (cloth used for drying something wet)
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) ellipsis of toalha de mesa

Conceptes

tovallola

estovalles

tovalles

cobretaula

eixugamans

Sinònims

guardanapo

Traduccions

toalla

towel

Handtuch

serviette

handdoek

asciugamano

منشفة

tovaglia

πετσέτα

tablecloth

havlu

essuie-main

tafellaken

Tischtuch

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/tuˈa.ʎɐ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Manllevat de provençal antic: toalha

In summary

Borrowed from Old Occitan toalha, from Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahillja (“towel, washcloth”). Compare Italian tovaglia (“tablecloth”).