toe

See also: Appendix:Variations of "toe"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Tomedes.

Symbol

toe

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-3 language code for Tomedes.

English

Human toes

Etymology

From Middle English to, from Old English tā, (Mercian) tāhe, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ, from *tīhwaną (“to show, announce”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”).

Cognate with Dutch teen, German Zehe, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish tå, Faroese and Icelandic tá; also Old English teōn (“to accuse”), German zeihen (“to accuse, blame”); see also Hittite [script needed] (tekkuššāi), Latin dīcere (“to say”), digitus (“finger”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to point out, show”), Sanskrit दिदेष्टि (dídeṣṭi), दिशति (diśáti).

Pronunciation

Noun

toe (countable and uncountable, plural toes)

  1. Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 234:
      An old traditional prescription for provoking erotic inclinations ran as follows, The toe of the foot of a man, anointed with oil, or honey, or the ashes of a weasel.
    1. The equivalent part in an animal.
      Hyponym: hoof
    2. The part of a shoe or sock covering the toe.
      • 2004, Patricia Lucas White, Edwina Parkhurst Spinster‎[1]:
        Stumbling forward, Tal caught the toe of his boot on rock.
  2. Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something.
    (golf) the extreme end of the head of a club.
    (hurling) the end of a hurley.
    (cricket) the tip of the bat farthest from the handle
    (kayaking) the bow; the front of the kayak.
    (geology) a bulbous protrusion at the front of a lava flow or landslide.
  3. (dance, uncountable) An advanced form of ballet primarily performed by women, wearing pointe shoes.
  4. (automotive) An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle, either positive (toe in), meaning the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back, or negative (toe out), the other way round.
  5. (engineering) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
  6. (engineering) A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, such as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved.
  7. (engineering) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
  8. (carpentry) The long side of an angled cut.
  9. The upper end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the heel (lower end).
  10. (slang) A cameltoe.
  11. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, uncountable) Speed, energy, vigor.
    to have a lot of toe
  12. (slang, figurative) A person.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “each of the five digits on the end of the foot”): heel
  • (antonym(s) of “front of the kayak”): tail
  • (antonym(s) of “angled cut in carpentry”): heel

Hyponyms

Meronyms

  • (each of the five digits on the end of the foot): nail

Holonyms

  • (each of the five digits on the end of the foot): foot

Coordinate terms

  • (each of the five digits on the end of the foot): finger

Derived terms

Translations

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Verb

toe (third-person singular simple present toes, present participle toeing, simple past and past participle toed)

  1. (transitive) To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
    • 1927, Nordahl Grieg, The Ship Sails On, page 153:
      "Here's ten shillings for you, but I'm going to toe your backside first!" said Manna. And the Dane let him kick away; his yellow teeth gleamed in a servile grin and then he clutched at the money.
    • 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal”, in BBC‎[2], archived from the original on 17 October 2022:
      Just five minutes later the turnaround was complete when Arshavin toed the ball through to Bendtner, who slotted into the left corner from close range just before half-time.
  3. (transitive) To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
    to toe the mark
  4. (construction, transitive) To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of the piece) into the piece to which it is to be fastened.
    The framers toed the irregular pieces into the sill.
  5. (golf, transitive) To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.

Derived terms

See also

References

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch toe (“then”), a chiefly dialect variant of toen, from Middle Dutch doe. The -n in Dutch toen was added by analogy with dan (“then”).

Adverb

toe

  1. (referring to the past) then; at that time; at that moment
    Ek het toe nog nie lank in Pretoria gewoon nie.
    I hadn’t lived in Pretoria for long then.
See also
  • dan (“then” referring to the present and future)

Conjunction

toe

  1. (referring to the past) when; as
    Toe ek by my skoonouers kuier, het ons elke dag gebraaide vleis geëet.
    When I stayed at my in-laws’, we had fried meat every day.
Usage notes
  • Since “toe” by itself refers always to the past, it is often followed by the simple form of the verb (“present tense”) as in the example above, rather than the perfect. However, verbs that have a preterite use this form.
See also
  • wanneer (“when” referring to the present and future)

Etymology 2

From Dutch toe, from Middle Dutch toe.

Postposition

toe

  1. (local) to
    Ons gaan skool toe.
    We’re going to school.
Usage notes
  • If an article, determiner, or adjective is to precede the noun, the preposition na must be used additionally:
Ons gaan na die nuwe skool toe.
We’re going to the new school.

Adverb

toe

  1. adverbial form of tot, found chiefly in compounds
  2. closed; shut; not open
    Die deur is toe.
    The door is closed.
Synonyms
  • (closed): gesluit (geslote)
Derived terms

Caribbean Hindustani

Etymology

Compare Hindi तू (tū).

Pronoun

toe

  1. you

References

  • Beknopt Nederland-Sarnami Woordenboek met Sarnami Hindoestani-Nederlanse Woordenlijst‎[3] (in Dutch), Paramaribo: Instituut voor Taalwetenschap, 2002

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tu/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: toe
  • Rhymes: -u

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch toe, from Old Dutch *tuo, from Proto-West Germanic *tō, from Proto-Germanic *tō.

Adverb

toe

  1. (postpositional) adverbial form of tot (“to, till, towards”)
    Het doet er niet toe.
    It doesn't matter.
  2. (in the construction toe zijn aan) due for, ready for, in need of
    Ik ben aan vakantie toe.
    I'm due for a holiday. / I really need a holiday.
    Hij is er nog niet aan toe.
    He's not ready for it yet.
  3. after, afterwards
    Hij kreeg nog wat lekkers toe. ― He got something tasty afterwards.
  4. shut, closed (especially as part of a compound verb like toedoen)
    De deur is toe. — The door is closed.
    Doe de deur toe. — Close the door.
    Oogjes toe. — Eyes closed.
Declension
Pronominal adverbs of toe
preposition tot
postpositional adv. toe
+ het (it) ertoe
+ dit (this) hiertoe
+ dat (that) daartoe
+ wat (what) waartoe
+ iets (something) ergens toe
+ niets (nothing) nergens toe
+ alles (everything) overal toe
Derived terms
verbs
others
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: toe
  • Jersey Dutch: tû
  • Negerhollands: tu, toe, due

Interjection

toe

  1. come on!, go on! (used when trying to coax someone into doing something)
    Toe maar!
    Go on!

Etymology 2

Adverb

toe

  1. (now dialectal) alternative form of toen

Conjunction

toe

  1. (now dialectal) alternative form of toen

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *togëh, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *takis, compare Lithuanian takišys, Latvian tacis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoeˣ/, [ˈt̪o̞e̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -oe
  • Syllabification(key): to‧e
  • Hyphenation(key): toe

Noun

toe (rare)

  1. A small dam, usually made of logs.

Declension

Inflection of toe (Kotus type 48*D/hame, k–∅ gradation)
nominative toe tokeet
genitive tokeen tokeiden
tokeitten
partitive toetta tokeita
illative tokeeseen tokeisiin
tokeihin
singular plural
nominative toe tokeet
accusative nom. toe tokeet
gen. tokeen
genitive tokeen tokeiden
tokeitten
partitive toetta tokeita
inessive tokeessa tokeissa
elative tokeesta tokeista
illative tokeeseen tokeisiin
tokeihin
adessive tokeella tokeilla
ablative tokeelta tokeilta
allative tokeelle tokeille
essive tokeena tokeina
translative tokeeksi tokeiksi
abessive tokeetta tokeitta
instructive — tokein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of toe (Kotus type 48*D/hame, k–∅ gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tokeeni tokeeni
accusative nom. tokeeni tokeeni
gen. tokeeni
genitive tokeeni tokeideni
tokeitteni
partitive toettani tokeitani
inessive tokeessani tokeissani
elative tokeestani tokeistani
illative tokeeseeni tokeisiini
tokeihini
adessive tokeellani tokeillani
ablative tokeeltani tokeiltani
allative tokeelleni tokeilleni
essive tokeenani tokeinani
translative tokeekseni tokeikseni
abessive tokeettani tokeittani
instructive — —
comitative — tokeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tokeesi tokeesi
accusative nom. tokeesi tokeesi
gen. tokeesi
genitive tokeesi tokeidesi
tokeittesi
partitive toettasi tokeitasi
inessive tokeessasi tokeissasi
elative tokeestasi tokeistasi
illative tokeeseesi tokeisiisi
tokeihisi
adessive tokeellasi tokeillasi
ablative tokeeltasi tokeiltasi
allative tokeellesi tokeillesi
essive tokeenasi tokeinasi
translative tokeeksesi tokeiksesi
abessive tokeettasi tokeittasi
instructive — —
comitative — tokeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tokeemme tokeemme
accusative nom. tokeemme tokeemme
gen. tokeemme
genitive tokeemme tokeidemme
tokeittemme
partitive toettamme tokeitamme
inessive tokeessamme tokeissamme
elative tokeestamme tokeistamme
illative tokeeseemme tokeisiimme
tokeihimme
adessive tokeellamme tokeillamme
ablative tokeeltamme tokeiltamme
allative tokeellemme tokeillemme
essive tokeenamme tokeinamme
translative tokeeksemme tokeiksemme
abessive tokeettamme tokeittamme
instructive — —
comitative — tokeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tokeenne tokeenne
accusative nom. tokeenne tokeenne
gen. tokeenne
genitive tokeenne tokeidenne
tokeittenne
partitive toettanne tokeitanne
inessive tokeessanne tokeissanne
elative tokeestanne tokeistanne
illative tokeeseenne tokeisiinne
tokeihinne
adessive tokeellanne tokeillanne
ablative tokeeltanne tokeiltanne
allative tokeellenne tokeillenne
essive tokeenanne tokeinanne
translative tokeeksenne tokeiksenne
abessive tokeettanne tokeittanne
instructive — —
comitative — tokeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative tokeensa tokeensa
accusative nom. tokeensa tokeensa
gen. tokeensa
genitive tokeensa tokeidensa
tokeittensa
partitive toettaan
toettansa 		tokeitaan
tokeitansa
inessive tokeessaan
tokeessansa 		tokeissaan
tokeissansa
elative tokeestaan
tokeestansa 		tokeistaan
tokeistansa
illative tokeeseensa tokeisiinsa
tokeihinsa
adessive tokeellaan
tokeellansa 		tokeillaan
tokeillansa
ablative tokeeltaan
tokeeltansa 		tokeiltaan
tokeiltansa
allative tokeelleen
tokeellensa 		tokeilleen
tokeillensa
essive tokeenaan
tokeenansa 		tokeinaan
tokeinansa
translative tokeekseen
tokeeksensa 		tokeikseen
tokeiksensa
abessive tokeettaan
tokeettansa 		tokeittaan
tokeittansa
instructive — —
comitative — tokeineen
tokeinensa

Synonyms

Derived terms

compounds
  • lohitoe
  • siikatoe

See also

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

toe

  1. inflection of toar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *togëh. Cognates include Finnish toe and Estonian tõke.

Pronunciation

Noun

toe

  1. fishweir

Declension

Declension of toe (type 6/lähe, k- gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative toe tokkeet
genitive tokkeen tokkein
partitive toetta tokkeita
illative tokkeesse tokkeisse
inessive tokkees tokkeis
elative tokkeest tokkeist
allative tokkeelle tokkeille
adessive tokkeel tokkeil
ablative tokkeelt tokkeilt
translative tokkeeks tokkeiks
essive tokkeenna, tokkeen tokkeinna, tokkein
exessive1) tokkeent tokkeint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 588

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuə/

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch tuo, from Proto-West Germanic *tō, from Proto-Germanic *tō.

Alternative forms

Adverb

toe

  1. to, towards
  2. up to
  3. until
  4. in relation with
  5. in addition, furthermore
  6. shut, closed (especially the eyes)
Usage notes

This word is often encountered following a noun phrase and could arguably be said to be a postposition rather than an adverb.

Descendants

Etymology 2

Preposition

toe

  1. (eastern) alternative form of te

Etymology 3

Adverb

toe

  1. alternative form of doe

Further reading

  • “toe (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “toe (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “toe (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “toe (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Noun

toe

  1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of to (“toe”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

toe f (definite singular toa, indefinite plural toer, definite plural toene)

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) second (number two in a series)

Portuguese

Verb

toe

  1. inflection of toar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

toe

  1. inflection of toar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *toe. Cognates include Tuvaluan toe and Samoan toe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈto.e]
  • Hyphenation: to‧e

Adverb

toe

  1. again, once more

Adjective

toe

  1. final, last

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 388

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Verb

toe • (𡄪)

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