toga

English

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toga

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed directly from Latin toga, from tegō (“I clothe”). Doublet of toge.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊ.ɡə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊ.ɡə/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -əʊɡə

Noun

toga (plural togas or togae or togæ)

1. A loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Ancient Rome.
   • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, , →OCLC, part I, page 196:

     Or think of a decent young citizen in a toga - perhaps too much dice, you know - coming out here in the train of some prefect, or tax-gatherer, or trader even, to mend his fortunes.

2. A loose wrap gown.
3. (Philippines) An academic gown.

Synonyms

• toge (obsolete)

Derived terms

• togaed
• toga party

Related terms

• togate

Translations

See also

• chiton

Anagrams

• G. O. A. T., G.O.A.T., GOAT, Goat, Gøta, atgo, go at, goat

Cebuano

Noun

toga

1. an academic gown
2. (historical) loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Rome

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin toga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoː.ɣaː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: to‧ga
• Rhymes: -oːɣaː

Noun

toga f (plural toga's, diminutive togaatje n)

1. (historical) A toga, an outer garment worn by Roman patrician men.
2. A gown worn by academics, Christian priests or ministers, and certain members of the legal profession.

Hypernyms

• ambtskleed

Descendants

• Afrikaans: toga

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse toga, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną; cognate with English tow.

Verb

toga (third person singular past indicative togaði, third person plural past indicative togaðu, supine togað)

1. to pull

Conjugation

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈto(ː)ɡɑ/,
• Rhymes: -oɡɑ
• Syllabification^(key): to‧ga

Noun

toga

1. Alternative form of tooga

Declension

Further reading

• “toga”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• gota

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse toga, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną; cognate with English tow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰɔːɣa/

  Rhymes: -ɔːɣa

Verb

toga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative togaði, supine togað)

1. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to pull, to draw, to tug
2. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to trawl

Inflection

Synonyms

• (pull): draga

Derived terms

• hártogun
• hlaupa eins og fætur toga (to run as fast as one can)
• toga í eitthvað (to pull on something)
• togast
• togast á um (to fight over something, to contend for something)

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

toga

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin toga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡa
• Hyphenation: tò‧ga

Noun

toga f (plural toghe)

1. toga
2. gown, robe
3. magistrate, judge
4. (by extension) lawyer

Related terms

• togale
• togato

Anagrams

• Tago, gota, tago

Japanese

Romanization

toga

1. Rōmaji transcription of とが

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

toga

Wikipedia ^la

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *togéh₂ (“cover”), from *(s)teg- (“to cover”) (whence tegō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ɡa/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ɡa/,

Noun

toga f (genitive togae); first declension

1. toga

   Toga candida.

   Pure white toga.

2. a garment
3. a roof
4. (figuratively) a client
5. (figuratively) peace

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → English: toga
• → French: toge
• → Italian: toga
• → Spanish: toga

References

• “toga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• toga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to assume the toga virilis: togam virilem (puram) sumere
    

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian tog, Swedish tåg.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰoːka/

Noun

tōga

1. (Norway, Sweden) train

   Synonym: juná

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• togene

Noun

toga n

1. definite plural of tog

Etymology 2

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

toga

Wikipedia ^no

From Latin toga.

Noun

toga m (definite singular togaen, indefinite plural togaer, definite plural togaene)

1. a toga (Roman garment)

References

• “toga” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “toga” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

toga n

1. definite plural of tog

Etymology 2

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

toga

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

From Latin toga.

Noun

toga m (definite singular togaen, indefinite plural togaer or togaar, definite plural togaene or togaane)

1. a toga (Roman garment)

References

• “toga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• tog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɣa/

Verb

toga

1. second-person singular imperative of do·goa

Mutation

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *tugōną.

Verb

toga

1. to draw, pull, stretch

Conjugation

Descendants

• Faroese: toga
• Icelandic: toga
• Norwegian Nynorsk: toge

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

toga

1. indefinite genitive plural of tog

References

• “toga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

toga

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin toga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ɡa/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡa
• Syllabification: to‧ga

Noun

toga f

1. toga, gown

Declension

Further reading

• toga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• toga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: to‧ga

Noun

toga f (plural togas)

1. toga (loose outer garment worn by the citizens of ancient Rome)

Samoan

Etymology

See also Malay tengah (“centre”) and Maori tonga (“south”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to.ŋa/

Noun

toga

1. south

Adjective

toga

1. southern

Derived terms

• Toga (“Tonga”)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǒːɡa/
• Hyphenation: to‧ga

Etymology 1

Noun

tóga f (Cyrillic spelling то́га)

1. toga, gown

Declension

Further reading

• “toga” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

toga

1. inflection of taj:
   1. genitive masculine/neuter
   2. accusative masculine animate

Slovene

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tǫga.

Noun

tọ́ga f

1. sadness (state/emotion)

   Synonym: žálost

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin toga.

Noun

tọ́ga f

1. toga (garment worn by the citizens of Ancient Rome)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

tóga

1. inflection of tog:
   1. masculine nominative/accusative dual
   2. feminine nominative singular
   3. neuter nominative/accusative plural

Further reading

• “toga”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɡa/
• Rhymes: -oɡa
• Syllabification: to‧ga

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin toga.

Noun

toga f (plural togas)

1. toga
2. (ceremonial) gown; (ceremonial) robe (worn by a lawyer, judge, graduate, professor etc.)

Verb

toga

1. only used in se toga, third-person singular present indicative of togarse
2. only used in te ... toga, syntactic variant of tógate, second-person singular imperative of togarse

Etymology 2

Back slang for gato.

Noun

toga m (plural togas)

1. (back slang, slang, Argentina) cat

Further reading

• “toga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• gato, gota

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish toga, from Latin toga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɡa/,
• Hyphenation: to‧ga

Noun

toga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜄ)

1. cap and gown; ceremonial gown or robe (worn by a graduate, lawyer, judge, professor etc.)
2. toga (garment used by the citizens of ancient Rome)

Derived terms

• magtoga

See also

• sablay

Further reading

• “toga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

West Makian

Etymology

Compare East Makian togal (“to pull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪o.ɡa/

Verb

toga

1. (transitive) to pull
2. (transitive) to lift up (from water)
3. (transitive) to pull up (an anchor)

Conjugation

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics
• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics