toise

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/tɔɪz/

noun

A former French unit of length, corresponding to about 1.949 metres.

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Meanings

nountoise (plural toises)

plural toises

  1. historicalA former French unit of length, corresponding to about 1.949 metres.

    […] the greater its speed, the less visible it grows, until at around a Thousand Toises per Minute, it vanishes entirely […]

    1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
estadofathom

Origin

  1. Frenchtoise
  2. Frenchtoise
  3. Englishtoise

Borrowed from French toise.

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Translations

Catalan toesa, braça
  • toesaformer French unit of length — see also brace, fathom
  • braçaformer French unit of length — see also brace, fathom
Chinese Mandarin 土瓦兹
  • 土瓦兹former French unit of length — see also brace, fathom
Dutch toise
  • toiseformer French unit of length — see also brace, fathom
Esperanto klafto
  • klaftoformer French unit of length — see also brace, fathom
French toise
  • toiseformer French unit of length — see also brace, fathom
Italian tesa
  • tesaformer French unit of length — see also brace, fathom
Japanese トワーズ
  • トワーズformer French unit of length — see also brace, fathom
Portuguese toesa, braça
  • toesaformer French unit of length — see also brace, fathom
  • braçaformer French unit of length — see also brace, fathom
Russian туаз
  • туаз (tuaz)former French unit of length — see also brace, fathom
Spanish toesa, braza
  • toesaformer French unit of length — see also brace, fathom
  • brazaformer French unit of length — see also brace, fathom
Swedish toise
  • toiseformer French unit of length — see also brace, fathom
Turkish kulaç
  • kulaçformer French unit of length — see also brace, fathom
Ukrainian туаз
  • туаз (tuaz)former French unit of length — see also brace, fathom

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with toise

alwaysboysnoisepoisehoiseavoirdupoisbig noisecroisedenoise
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Sounds the same

toys

Anagrams

osite
Cite this entry
APA

toise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toise

MLA

“toise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toise.

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