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Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from French tolet (“rowlock, oarlock; thole”), from Old Norse þollr, from Proto-Germanic *þullaz (“thole”), from Proto-Indo-European *tul-nó- (“bulge, peg”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toˈlete̝/
- Hyphenation: to‧le‧te
Noun
tolete m (plural toletes)
- (nautical) thole; rowlock, oarlock
Derived terms
References
- “tolete”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tolete”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tolete”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tolete”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
tolete m (plural toletes)
- (nautical) thole (pin serving as the fulcrum of the oars)
- turd (a piece of excrement)
- Synonyms: cagalhão, troço
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French tolet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toˈlete/
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: to‧le‧te
Noun
tolete m (plural toletes)
- (nautical) thole
- bat; cudgel
- (Cuba, Dominican Republic, vulgar) penis
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene
Derived terms
Further reading