toalha

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

handdoek

tafellaken

dekservet

tafelkleed

Synoniemen

guardanapo

Vertalingen

toalla

towel

Handtuch

serviette

asciugamano

tovallola

منشفة

havlu

tovaglia

tablecloth

πετσέτα

Tischtuch

essuie-main

nappe

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/tuˈa.ʎɐ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Geleend van Oudprovençaals: toalha

In summary

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