# toe
## English
### 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”).
See also Dutch teen, German Zehe, Danish tå, Swedish tå; also Old English teōn (“to accuse”), German zeihen (“to accuse, blame”); 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

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /təʊ/
* Rhymes: -əʊ
* (US) IPA: /toʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Homophone: tow

### Noun

toe (countable and uncountable, plural toes)
* Each of the five digits on the end of the foot.
* The equivalent part in an animal.
    Hyponym: hoof
* That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe.
* 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.
* (dance, uncountable) An advanced form of ballet primarily performed by women, wearing pointe shoes.
* (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.
* (engineering) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
* (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.
* (engineering) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
* (carpentry) The long side of an angled cut.
* The upper end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the heel (lower end).
* (slang) A cameltoe.
* (Australia, New Zealand, slang, uncountable) Speed, energy, vigor.
    to have a lot of toe
* (figuratively) 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

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

#### 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

* big toe
* camel toe
* claw toe
* closed-toe
* dip a toe into
* dip one's toe in
* dip one's toe in the water
* finger-and-toe
* from head to toe
* from top to toe
* hammer toe
* head-to-toe
* head to toe
* heel-and-toe
* little toe
* mallet toe
* mistle-toe
* moc toe
* Morton's toe
* nigger toe
* on one's toes
* opened-toe
* peep-toe
* pigeon toe
* put one's toe in the water
* seedy toe
* steel-toe boot
* step on someone's toes
* stinking toe
* thumb-toe
* tick-tack-toe
* tic tac toe
* tic-tac-toe
* timber-toe
* tippy-toe
* tip-toe
* toe bean
* toe-biter
* toe biter
* toeboard
* toe box
* toe cap
* toe cheese
* toeclip
* toe-crusher
* toe-crushing
* toe-curling
* toe-dance
* toe dance
* toe-dip
* toe drag
* toe drop
* toe edge
* toe hold
* toe-hold
* toe jam
* toe job
* toe jump
* toe kick
* toe loop
* toenail
* toe pick
* toe pleats
* toe-poke
* toe popper
* toe rag
* toe ring
* toe sack
* toe scour
* toe shoe
* toeside
* toe sock
* toe stop
* toe-tag
* toe tag
* toe tapper
* toe-tapper
* toe-tapping
* toe-tappingly
* toe the mark
* toe-to-toe
* toe to toe
* toe touch
* toe wall
* toey
* top to toe
* trip the light fantastic toe
* turf toe

#### Translations

Ainu: アシケペッ (asikepet), アシキペッ (asikipet), ウレペッ (urepet)
Arabic: إِصْبَع (ar) m (ʔiṣbaʕ), إِصْبَع اَلْقَدَم m (ʔiṣbaʕ al-qadam)
Egyptian Arabic: صباع رجل m (ṣobaʕ regl)
Armenian: ոտքի մատ (otkʻi mat), մատ (hy) (mat)
Basque: behatz
Bavarian: Zächa m
Belarusian: па́лец нагі́ m (páljec nahí), па́лец m (páljec)
Bulgarian: пръст (bg) m (prǎst), пръст на крак m (prǎst na krak)
Burmese: လက်ချောင်း (my) (lakhkyaung:)
Catalan: dit del peu m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 腳趾 / 脚趾 (goek$^3$ zi$^2$)
Hakka: 腳趾 / 脚趾 (kiok-chṳ́)
Hokkien: 跤指頭仔 / 跤指头仔 (zh-min-nan) (kha-chéng-thâu-á), 跤指 (kha-cháiⁿ)
Mandarin: 腳趾 / 脚趾 (zh) (jiǎozhǐ)
Coptic: ⲧⲏⲃ ⲛⲣⲁⲧ m (tēb nrat)
Cornish: bys troos m
Czech: prst (cs) m, prst u nohy m, prstec m
Danish: tå (da) c
Dargwa: гамул (gamul)
Dutch: teen (nl) m
Egyptian: (sꜣḥ)
Elfdalian: ton f
Esperanto: piedfingro (eo)
Estonian: varvas (et)
Faroese: tá f
Finnish: varvas (fi)
French: orteil (fr) m, doigt de pied (fr) m
Galician: deda (gl) f
Georgian: ფეხის თითი (pexis titi)
German: Zeh (de) m, Zehe (de) f
Greek: δάχτυλο του ποδιού n (dáchtylo tou podioú)
Ancient: δάκτυλος (τοῦ ποδός) m (dáktulos (toû podós))
Greenlandic: inuak
Guaraní: pysã
Haitian Creole: zòtèy
Hawaiian: manamana
Hebrew: אצבע כף הרגל
Hindi: पाँव का अंगूठा m (pā̃v kā aṅgūṭhā)
Hungarian: lábujj (hu)
Icelandic: tá (is) f
Ido: pedfingro (io)
Indonesian: jari kaki (id)
Ingrian: varvas
Interlingua: digito
Irish: ladhar f, méar (ga) f, méar coise (ga) f
Italian: dito del piede m, dito (it) m, alluce (it) m (only for the big toe)
Japanese: 趾 (ja) (ashiyubi), 足指 (ashiyubi), 爪先 (ja) (tsumasaki) (especially end of toe), 指 (ja) (yubi)
Javanese: driji sikil
Kabuverdianu: dedu
Khiamniungan Naga: hōkkhò
Khmer: ម្រាមជើង (mriəm cəəng)
Korean: 발가락 (ko) (balgarak)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پەنجەی پێ (pencey pê), پەنجەی قاچ (pencey qaç)
Northern Kurdish: tilî (ku) f, bêçî (ku) f
Lao: ນີ້ວ (nīu), ນິ້ວຕີນ (niu tīn)
Latin: digitus (la) m
Latvian: kājas pirksts m
Lezgi: кул (kul)
Lithuanian: kojos pirštas m
Luxembourgish: Zéif (lb) f
Macedonian: прст (mk) m (prst), ножен прст m (nožen prst)
Malay: jari kaki
Maltese: saba’ tas-sieq m, seba’ tas-sieq m
Maori: matimati (mi), kotikara, matikara, matikuku, koikara, maihao
Mongolian: хөлийн хуруу (xöliin xuruu)
Navajo: akézhoozh
Nepali: खुट्टाको औँला (khuṭṭāko a͠ulā)
Ngarrindjeri: pida
Norwegian: tå (no) c
Occitan: artelh (oc) m
Old English: tā f
Old Tupi: pysã
Oromo: quba miillaa
Ottoman Turkish: پرمق (parmak)
Pangasinan: gamet-na-sali
Pennsylvania German: Zehe m
Persian: انگشت پا (angošt-e pâ)
Plautdietsch: Tee f
Polish: palec u nogi m, palec u stopy m
Portuguese: dedo do pé m, artelho (pt) m, pododáctilo (pt) m
Romanian: deget de la picior n
Romansch: det-pe m, det dal pe m
Russian: па́лец (ru) m (pálec), па́лец ноги́ m (pálec nogí), па́лец на ноге́ m (pálec na nogé)
Sami:
Inari: jyelgisuormâ
Northern: juolgesuorbma
Skolt: jue´lǧǧsuõrmm
Southern: tjiehtjere
Samoan: tamaʻi
Sanskrit: अङ्गुली (sa) f (aṅgulī), अङ्गुरि (sa) f (aṅguri)
Saterland Frisian: Toone
Scots: tae
Scottish Gaelic: corrag f, corrag-coise f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: прст m
Roman: prst (sh) m
Slovak: prst (sk) m, prst na nohe m
Slovene: prst (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: palc m
Upper Sorbian: palc m
Spanish: dedo del pie m, ortejo (es) m (Argentina, Chile, Mexico)
Swahili: kidole (sw) class 7/8
Swedish: tå (sv) c
Tagalog: daliri sa paa, daliri ng paa
Tahitian: manimani
Tarifit: tafdent f
Thai: นิ้ว (th) (níu), นิ้วเท้า (níu tháo)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: ayak parmağı (tr)
Ukrainian: па́лець (uk) m (pálecʹ), па́лець ноги́ m (pálecʹ nohý)
Vietnamese: ngón chân (vi)
Welsh: bys (cy) m, bys troed (cy) m
West Frisian: tean, tien (fy)
White Hmong: ntiv taw
Yiddish: פֿינגער m (finger)
Zazaki: gışta lınge
Zhuang: lwgdin
Zulu: uzwane (zu) :
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### Verb

toe (third-person singular simple present toes, present participle toeing, simple past and past participle toed)
* (transitive) To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.
* (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: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.
* (transitive) To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
    to toe the mark
* (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.
* (golf, transitive) To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.

#### Derived terms

* toe the line
* toe the plank

### See also

* hang five
* hang ten
* tiptoe
* TOE

### References

* “toe n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

### Anagrams

* EOT, ETO, EtO, OTE, Teo

## 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
* (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
* (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
* (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
* adverbial form of tot, found chiefly in compounds
* closed; shut; not open
    Die deur is toe.The door is closed.

##### Synonyms

* (closed): gesluit (geslote)

##### Derived terms

* daartoe
* hiertoe
* waartoe

## Caribbean Hindustani
### Etymology

Compare Hindi तू (tū).

### Pronoun

toe
* you

#### References

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

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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
* (postpositional) adverbial form of tot (“to, till, towards”)
    Het doet er niet toe.It doesn't matter.
* after, afterwards
    Hij kreeg nog wat lekkers toe. ― He got something tasty afterwards.
* 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.

##### Derived terms

Verbs:
* toebrengen
* toedichten
* toegeven
* toejuichen
* toekennen
* toelaten
* toepassen
* toeschrijven
* toesturen
* toetreden
* toevertrouwen
* toevoegen
* toewijzen
Others:
* af en toe
* naartoe
* toekomst
* toeleverancier
* toetje

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: toe
* Jersey Dutch: tû
* Negerhollands: tu, toe, due

#### Interjection

toe
* come on!, go on! (used when trying to coax someone into doing something)
    Toe maar!(please add an English translation of this usage example)

### Etymology 2
#### Adverb

toe
* (now dialectal) Alternative form of toen

#### Conjunction

toe
* (now dialectal) Alternative form of toen

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtoeˣ/, [ˈt̪o̞e̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -oe
* Hyphenation: toe

### Noun

toe (rare)
* A small dam, usually made of logs.

#### Declension

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

* hirsipato
* tammi

#### Derived terms

* toeta
* lohitoe
* siikatoe

#### See also

* pato

### Anagrams

* ote, teo-

## Galician
### Verb

toe
* inflection of toar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Ingrian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈtoe/, [ˈto̞e̞]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈtoe/, [ˈto̞e̞]
* Rhymes: -oe
* Hyphenation: to‧e

### Noun

toe
* fishweir

#### Declension
### References

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

## Middle Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuə/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* to, te

#### Adverb

toe
* to, towards
* up to
* until
* in relation with
* in addition, furthermore
* 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

* Dutch: toe
** Afrikaans: toe
** Jersey Dutch: tû
** Negerhollands: tu, toe, due

### Etymology 2
#### Preposition

toe
* (eastern) Alternative form of te

### Etymology 3
#### Adverb

toe
* 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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

toe f (definite singular toa, indefinite plural toer, definite plural toene)
* (dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) second (number two in a series)

## Portuguese
### Verb

toe
* inflection of toar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Verb

toe
* inflection of toar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Tokelauan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈto.e]
* Hyphenation: to‧e

### Adverb

toe
* again, once more

### Adjective

toe
* final, last

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 388

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [twɛ˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [twɛ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [t⁽ʷ⁾ɛ˧˧]

### Verb

toe • (𡄪)
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