toe

Etymology
From, from , (Mercian) , from (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), from  (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), from  (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, ).

Noun

 * 1) Each of the five digits on the end of the foot.
 * 2) An equivalent part in an animal.
 * 3) That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe.
 * 4) Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something.
 * the extreme end of the head of a club.
 * the end of a hurley.
 * the tip of the bat farthest from the handle
 * the bow; the front of the kayak.
 * a bulbous protrusion at the front of a lava flow or landslide.
 * 1)  An advanced form of ballet primarily performed by women, wearing pointe shoes.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
 * 4)  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.
 * 5)  A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
 * 6)  The long side of an angled cut.
 * 7) The upper end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the heel (lower end).
 * 8)  A cameltoe.
 * 9)  Speed, energy, vigor.
 * 10) (figuratively) a person
 * 1) (figuratively) a person
 * 1) (figuratively) a person

Hyponyms

 * hallux, big toe, great toe, large toe
 * second toe, long toe
 * third toe, middle toe, ring toe
 * fourth toe, ring toe
 * fifth toe, little toe, pinky toe, baby toe, tiny toe
 * fifth toe, little toe, pinky toe, baby toe, tiny toe

Translations

 * Ainu: アシケペッ, アシキペッ, ウレペッ
 * Arabic:, إِصْبَع اَلْقَدَم
 * Egyptian Arabic: صباع رجل
 * Armenian: ոտքի մատ,
 * Basque: behatz
 * Bavarian: Zächa
 * Belarusian: па́лец нагі́, па́лец
 * Bulgarian:, пръст на крак
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: dit del peu
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 腳趾
 * Hakka: 腳趾
 * Hokkien:, 跤指
 * Mandarin:
 * Coptic: ⲧⲏⲃ ⲛⲣⲁⲧ
 * Cornish: bys troos
 * Czech:, prst u nohy, prstec
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Elfdalian: ton
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: tá
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ფეხის თითი
 * German: ,
 * Greek: δάχτυλο του ποδιού
 * Ancient: δάκτυλος (ὁ|τοῦ ποδός)
 * Greenlandic: inuak
 * Guaraní: pysã
 * Haitian Creole: zòtèy
 * Hawaiian: manamana
 * Hebrew: אצבע כף הרגל
 * Hindi: पाँव का अंगूठा
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: varvas
 * Interlingua: digito
 * Irish: ladhar, ,
 * Italian: dito del piede,
 * Japanese:, 足指, ,
 * Javanese: driji sikil
 * Kabuverdianu: dedu
 * Khmer: ម្រាមជើង
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: پەنجەی پێ, پەنجەی قاچ
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Lao: ນີ້ວ, ນິ້ວຕີນ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: kājas pirksts
 * Lithuanian: kojos pirštas
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian: прст, ножен прст
 * Malay: jari kaki
 * Maltese: saba' tas-sieq, seba' tas-sieq
 * Maori:, kotikara, matikara, matikuku, koikara, maihao
 * Mongolian: хөлийн хуруу
 * Navajo: akézhoozh
 * Nepali: खुट्टाको औँला
 * Ngarrindjeri: pida
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: tā
 * Old Tupi: pysã
 * Oromo: quba miillaa
 * Ottoman Turkish: پرمق
 * Pangasinan: gamet-na-sali
 * Pennsylvania German: Zehe
 * Persian: انگشت پا
 * Plautdietsch: Tee
 * Polish: palec u nogi, palec u stopy
 * Portuguese: dedo do pé, ,
 * Romanian: deget de la picior
 * Romansch: det-pe, det dal pe
 * Russian:, па́лец ноги́, па́лец на ноге́
 * Sami:
 * Inari: jyelgisuormâ
 * Northern: juolgesuorbma
 * Skolt: jue´lǧǧsuõrmm
 * Southern: tjiehtjere
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Saterland Frisian: Toone
 * Scots: tae
 * Scottish Gaelic: corrag, corrag-coise
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: прст
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:, prst na nohe
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: palc
 * Upper Sorbian: palc
 * Spanish: dedo del pie,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: daliri sa paa, daliri ng paa
 * Tarifit: tafdent
 * Thai:, นิ้วเท้า
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, па́лець ноги́
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: ,
 * West Frisian: tean,
 * White Hmong: ntiv taw
 * Yiddish: פֿינגער
 * Zazaki: gışta lınge
 * Zhuang: lwgdin
 * Zulu:


 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: dito della zampa, dito del piede,
 * Japanese:, 足指, ,
 * Macedonian: прст
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, , dedo da pata,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: dedo del pie
 * Swedish:
 * West Frisian: tean,
 * Zazaki: sıme, sım


 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, varvasosa
 * Galician: biqueira
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: پەنجە
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:, palce, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sròn
 * Swedish:
 * West Frisian: tean,
 * Yiddish: נאָז
 * Zazaki:


 * Finnish:
 * Tagalog: paanan
 * Zazaki: peleken


 * Finnish: aurauskulma
 * German:
 * Japanese: トー
 * Russian:
 * Zazaki: asaneyayen


 * Basque:
 * Breton: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Erzya:
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * German: (5)
 * Guaraní:
 * Indonesian:
 * Isthmus Zapotec:
 * Komi-Zyrian:
 * Korean:
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Telugu:
 * Tupinambá:
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1)  To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.
 * 2)  To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
 * 3)  To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
 * to toe the mark
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.
 * The framers toed the irregular pieces into the sill.
 * 1)  To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.

Etymology 1
From, a chiefly dialect variant of , from. The -n in Dutch toen was added by analogy with.

Adverb

 * 1)  then; at that time; at that moment

Conjunction

 * 1)  when; as

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.

Etymology 2
From, from.

Postposition

 * 1)  to

Usage notes

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

Adverb

 * 1) closed; shut; not open
 * 1) closed; shut; not open

Etymology
Compare 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1) you

Etymology 1
From, from , from.

Adverb

 * 1) after, afterwards
 * 2) shut, closed (especially as part of a compound verb like toedoen)
 * De deur is toe. &mdash; The door is closed.
 * Doe de deur toe. &mdash; Close the door.
 * Oogjes toe. &mdash; Eyes closed.
 * De deur is toe. &mdash; The door is closed.
 * Doe de deur toe. &mdash; Close the door.
 * Oogjes toe. &mdash; Eyes closed.

Derived terms
Verbs:



Others:



Interjection

 * 1) come on!, go on! (used when trying to coax someone into doing something)

Etymology
From, borrowed from , compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A small dam, usually made of logs.

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) fishweir

Etymology 1
From, from.

Adverb

 * 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.

Noun

 * 1)  second number two in a series

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) again, once more

Adjective

 * 1) final, last