toise

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine, historical) toise (former French unit of length equal to six pieds)
2. (feminine) height gauge

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of toiser:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of toiser:

Concepts

fathom

brace

medley

height measure

Synonyms

brasse

Translations

tesa

kulaç

vadem

braça

Bruststil

Toise

braccia

braccio

metro

rana

🐸

schoolslag

toise

braça

bruços

toesa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/twaz/

Etymology

Cognate with Italian: tesa

In summary

From Old French teise (cognate with Italian tesa), from Latin tēnsa (bracchia) (“outstretched (arms)”), from tendō (“stretch”).