toalha

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

asciugamano

tovaglia

toviglia

sinonimi

guardanapo

Traduzioni

toalla

towel

Handtuch

serviette

handdoek

tovallola

منشفة

havlu

tablecloth

πετσέτα

essuie-main

mantele

Tischtuch

nappe

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/tuˈa.ʎɐ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Preso in prestito da provenzale antico: toalha

In summary

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