toller
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From toll + -er, from the verb.
==== Noun ====
toller (plural tollers)
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)
A person who collects tolls; a tollkeeper.
=== Etymology 3 ===
==== Noun ====
toller (plural tollers)
Clipping of Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.
===== Translations =====
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese toller, from Latin tollere.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /toˈʎeɾ/
=== Verb ===
toller (first-person singular present tollo, first-person singular preterite tollín, past participle tollido, short past participle tolleito)
(dated) to remove; to take away; to deprive
Synonym: quitar
(dated) to hinder; to impede
to cripple, to maim
Synonym: eivar
to spoil
Synonym: estragar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
tolleito
tollemerendas
tolleción
tollido
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “toller”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “toll”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “toller”, 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), “toller”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “toller”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== German ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Adjective ===
toller
inflection of toll:
strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
strong genitive/dative feminine singular
strong genitive plural
== Middle English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
tollere, tollare, tollir, tolre, toler
=== Etymology ===
From Old English tollere; equivalent to toll (“toll”) + -ere (suffix forming agent nouns).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtɔlər(ə)/, /ˈtɔlɛːr(ə)/
=== Noun ===
toller (plural tolleres)
A tollkeeper; one who collects tolls, levies or payments.
==== Descendants ====
English: toller
==== References ====
“toller(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 May 2018.
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Noun ===
toller m
indefinite plural of toll
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin tollere. Doublet of tullir.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -eɾ
Syllabification: to‧ller
=== Verb ===
toller (first-person singular present tollo, first-person singular preterite tollí, past participle tollido)
(obsolete) to remove
Synonym: quitar
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“toller”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025