touaille

1. (archaic, feminine) linen, especially used in making towels or cloths
2. (archaic, feminine) towel
3. (archaic, feminine) tablecloth
4. (feminine) a cloth used to adorn an altar in a church
5. (feminine) a woman's hairstyle involving a towel wrapped around the head
6. (feminine) a linen roll used for drying the hands, roller towel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/twaj/

Etymology

From Middle French touaille, toaille, from Old French toaille, tevale (“towel”), from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”). Doublet of tavaïolle.

Concepts

towel

Synonyms

serviette

torchon

essuie-main

essuie mains

essuie-mains

Translations

منشفة

tovallola

Handtuch

Händehandtuch

asciugamano

خاولی

mantele

sabanum

handdoek

servieta de banh

ręcznik

toalha

toalla

havlu

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