towel

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.

Verb

1. (transitive) To hit with a towel.
2. (transitive) To dry by using a towel.
3. (transitive) To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug.
4. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To beat with a stick, or "oaken towel".

Concetti

asciugamano

asciugatoio

tovaglia

salvietta

sinonimi

napkin

bath towel

cloth

wipe

face towel

piece of cloth

rag

brush

wiper

handkerchief

rags

rake

rub out

score out

scratch

serviette

sheet

strike

sweep

terry cloth

washcloth

whisk

wipe off

wipe out

wipe up

hand towel

pocket-handkerchief

delete

wash cloth

besom

broom

🧹

dry

duster

efface

erase

excise

expunge

parch

Traduzioni

toalla

serviette

Handtuch

toalha

handdoek

tovallola

πετσέτα

منشفة

havlu

essuie-main

peşkir

mantele

essuie-mains

خاولی

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈtaʊ(ə)l/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: towayle

Affine francese: touaille

Affine tedesco antico alto: dwahila

Affine tedesco: Zwehle

Affine olandese: dwaal

Affine basso tedesco: Dweel

Affine inglese antico: þwǣle

Affine inglese antico: þwēan

In summary

From Middle English towayle, towel, towail, towaille, from Old French toaille (“towel”) (modern French touaille), Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahaną (“to wash”). Cognate with Old High German dwahila (“towel”) (modern dialectal German Zwehle), Dutch dwaal (“towel”), dweil (“mop”), Low German Dweel (“towel”), Old English þwǣle (“band; ribbon; fillet”), Old English þwēan (“to wash”).