tois

== French == === Etymology === A corruption of trois (“three”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /twa/ === Numeral === tois (invariable) An aphasic placeholder for any number, the precise number indicated otherwise. For quotations using this term, see Citations:tois. == Irish == === Noun === tois f (genitive singular toise, nominative plural toisí) alternative form of toise (“size, measure, measurement; dimension”) ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “toise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Middle English == === Etymology === === Noun === tois (of an animal) toes (digits of the foot) ante 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales (Cambridge Univ. Lib. Gg. 4. 27), lines B4,521–2: This Chauntecleer stood hye vp-on hise tois // Strechynge his neke & held his eyen clos This Chanticleer stood high upon his toes // Stretching his neck and held his eyne close