toile
French, noun
toile is spelled T-O-I-L-E (5 letters) and appears 24 times per million words in written French, the 3,248th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Toile is a French feminine noun meaning “fabric, cloth; canvas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, toilé is a different word: “past participle of toiler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tissu d'armure simple, de fils de lin, de chanvre, de coton, etc”.
What does toile mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefabric, cloth; canvas
- 2
femininepainting (artwork)
- 3
feminineweb
- 4
femininealternative letter-case form of Toile
- 5
feminineplain weave
verb
- 1
past participle of toiler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tissu d'armure simple, de fils de lin, de chanvre, de coton, etc. 2. Treillis métallique d’un crible ou d'un tamis. 3. Écran de tissu blanc tendu qui permet la projection de films. 4. Film.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of toile
- toiles plural
- toilée feminine
- toilés masculine plural
- toilées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to toile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is toile in French?
toile appears 24 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).