Noun: tofall
| Singular | tofall |
| Plural | tofalls |
Sample Sentences
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at to-fall of the day [1936, A. E. Housman, chapter XLIV, in More Poems:]
Nouns inflected like tofall
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English tofal, equivalent to to- + fall. Compare Dutch toeval, German Zufall, Danish tilfælde, Swedish tillfälle, Icelandic tilfelli. More at to, fall. See: Middle English Nouns '
tofal', Dutch Nouns '
toeval', German Nouns '
Zufall', Danish Nouns '
tilfælde', Swedish Nouns '
tillfälle', Icelandic Nouns '
tilfelli'.