told

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English tolde, talde (first and third person singular preterite), from Old English tealde (first and third person singular preterite), from Proto-Germanic *talid-, preterite stem of Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“to count; tell”), equivalent to tell +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /təʊld/, /tɔʊld/
  • (US) IPA(key): /toʊld/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊld
  • Homophone: tolled

Verb

told

  1. simple past tense and past participle of tell

Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɔl/, [tˢʌlˀ]
  • Homophone: tolv

Noun

told c (singular definite tolden, not used in plural form)

  1. duty, tariff (tax placed on imports or exports)

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

Possibly from the verb tol +‎ -d (“frequentative suffix”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtold]

Verb

told

  1. (transitive) to add, to splice

Conjugation
conjugation of told
Infinitive toldani
Past participle toldott
Present participle toldó
Future participle toldandó
Adverbial participle toldva
Potential toldhat
1st person sg 2nd person sg informal 3rd person sg,
2nd person sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl informal 3rd person pl,
2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood Present Indefinite toldok toldasz told toldunk toldotok toldanak
Definite toldom
én téged/titeket
toldalak		 toldod toldja toldjuk toldjátok toldják
Past Indefinite toldottam toldottál toldott toldottunk toldottatok toldottak
Definite toldottam
én téged/titeket
toldottalak		 toldottad toldotta toldottuk toldottátok toldották
Conditional mood Present Indefinite toldanék toldanál toldana toldanánk toldanátok toldanának
Definite toldanám
én téged/titeket
toldanálak		 toldanád toldaná toldanánk toldanátok toldanák
Subjunctive mood Present Indefinite toldjak toldj
or
toldjál		 toldjon toldjunk toldjatok toldjanak
Definite toldjam
én téged/titeket
toldjalak		 toldd
or
toldjad		 toldja toldjuk toldjátok toldják
Conjugated infinitive toldanom toldanod toldania toldanunk toldanotok toldaniuk

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • kitold
  • megtold

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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