touaille

twal

Definition

Definition of touaille - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

rouleau

Dated

essuie-main sans fin placé sur un rouleau tournant

Dated

Il s'essuya les mains avec la touaille suspendue au mur.

essuie-main

rouleau

liturgie

Dated

nappe spéciale qui recouvre l'autel dans les églises

Dated

Le prêtre disposa la touaille blanche sur l'autel avant la messe.

nappe d'autel

médiéval

Rare

linge qui servait de nappe et de serviette au Moyen Âge

Rare

Les nobles utilisaient une touaille pour les repas et se nettoyer les mains.

linge

serviette

vêtement

Dated

coiffure féminine faite d'un linge enroulé autour de la tête

Dated

Cette dame du Moyen Âge portait une touaille qui cachait ses oreilles.

coiffe

fichu

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essuie-main sans fin placé sur un rouleau tournant

Origin of touaille

français, touaille (serviette, tissu)

Examples of touaille in a sentence

Peux-tu changer la touaille du distributeur, s’il te plaît ?
La touaille doit être changée après chaque office.
On plia soigneusement la touaille après la cérémonie.
La touaille était soigneusement brodée pour les banquets royaux.
On changeait de touaille entre chaque service lors des festins.
La touaille blanche complétait sa tenue traditionnelle.

Elles ajustaient leur touaille avant la cérémonie.

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English:continuous towel dispenser, altar cloth, ...
German:Endlostuch, Altartuch, ...
Italian:asciugamano a rullo, tovaglia d'altare, ...
Spanish:toalla enrollable, mantel de altar, ...
Portuguese:toalha de mãos em rolo, toalha de altar, ...
Chinese:卷式擦手巾, 祭坛布, ...
Japanese:ロールタオル, 祭壇布, ...
Arabic:منشفة دوارة, مفرش المذبح, ...
Hebrew:מַגֶּבֶת גָּלִיל, מַפַּת מִזְבֵּחַ, ...
Russian:полотенце на рулоне, алтарная пелена, ...
Ukrainian:рушник на рулоні, антимінс, ...
Catalan:tovallola de rotlle, tovalla d'altar, ...
Danish:rullehåndklæde, særlig alterdug, ...
Dutch:handdoekrol, altaardoek, ...
Greek:χαρτοπετσέτα σε ρολό, λειτουργικό κάλυμμα, ...
Hungarian:tekercses kéztörlő, oltárterítő, ...
Khmer:កន្សែងជូតដៃលើរមូរបង្វិល, ក្រណាត់គ្របអាសនៈ, ...
Korean:롤타월, 제대보, ...
Polish:ręcznik na rolce, obrus ołtarzowy, ...
Portuguese (BR):toalha de mão de rolo, toalha de altar, ...
Romanian:prosop pe rolă, antimis, ...
Swedish:rullhandduk, altarduk, ...
Thai:ผ้าเช็ดมือม้วน, ผ้าคลุมแท่นบูชา, ...
Turkish:rulo havlu, sunak örtüsü, ...
Vietnamese:khăn cuộn lau tay, khăn bàn thờ, ...

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Definition of touaille - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

Images of touaille

Origin of touaille

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Examples of touaille in a sentence

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