toller

See also: Toller and töller

English

Etymology 1

toll + -er, from the verb.

Noun

toller (plural tollers)

  1. A person who tolls a bell; a bell ringer

Etymology 2

From Middle English toller, from Old English tollere; equivalent to toll + -er, from the noun.

Noun

toller (plural tollers)

  1. A person who collects tolls; a toll keeper

Noun

toller (plural tollers)

  1. (dogs) Short for Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.
Translations

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese toller, from Latin tollere, present active infinitive of tollō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toˈʎeɾ/

Verb

toller (first-person singular present tollo, first-person singular preterite tollín, past participle tollido)

  1. (dated) to remove; to take away; to deprive
    Synonym: quitar
  2. (dated) to hinder; to impede
  3. to cripple, to maim
    Synonym: eivar
  4. to spoil
    Synonym: estragar

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • toller” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • toll” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • toller” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • toller” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • toller” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

toller

  1. inflection of toll:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English tollere; equivalent to toll (toll) + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔlər(ə)/, /ˈtɔlɛr(ə)/

Noun

toller (plural tolleres)

  1. A tollkeeper; one who collects tolls, levies or payments.

Descendants

  • English: toller

References


Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

toller m

  1. indefinite plural of toll

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tollere, present active infinitive of tollō. Doublet of tullir.

Verb

toller (first-person singular present tollo, first-person singular preterite tollí, past participle tollido)

  1. (obsolete) to remove
    Synonym: quitar

Conjugation

Further reading

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