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Toga

‖

To′ga

,
Noun.
;
pl. E.
Togas
(#)
, L.
Togae
(#)
.
[L., akin to
tegere
to cover. See
Thatch
.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
The loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans, consisting of a single broad piece of woolen cloth of a shape approaching a semicircle. It was of undyed wool, except the border of the toga praetexta.
‖
Toga praetexta
.
[L.]
,
a toga with a broad purple border, worn by children of both sexes, by magistrates, and by persons engaged in sacred rites.
– ‖
Toga virilis
[L.]
,
the manly gown; the common toga. This was assumed by Roman boys about the time of completing their fourteenth year.

Definition 2025

Toga

Toga

See also: toga, tóga, Tóga, and tɔgã

English

Proper noun

Toga

  1. (dated) Alternative spelling of Tonga, used until the mid 1940s.

German

Toga

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin toga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoːɡa/

Noun

Toga f ‎(genitive Toga, plural Togen)

  1. toga (loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Rome)

toga

toga

See also: Toga, tóga, Tóga, and tɔgã

English

A toga.

Noun

toga ‎(plural togas or togae or togæ)

  1. Loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Rome.
  2. Loose wrap gown.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

toga

  1. Alternative form of tooga

Declension

Inflection of toga (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative toga togat
genitive togan togien
partitive togaa togia
illative togaan togiin
singular plural
nominative toga togat
accusative nom. toga togat
gen. togan
genitive togan togien
togainrare
partitive togaa togia
inessive togassa togissa
elative togasta togista
illative togaan togiin
adessive togalla togilla
ablative togalta togilta
allative togalle togille
essive togana togina
translative togaksi togiksi
instructive — togin
abessive togatta togitta
comitative — togineen

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse toga, cognate with English tow.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰɔːɣa/
    Rhymes: -ɔːɣa

Verb

toga ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative togaði, supine togað)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to pull, to draw, to tug syn.
  2. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to trawl

Inflection

togast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að togast
supine
(sagnbót) 		togast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		togandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég togast við togumst present
(nútíð) 		ég togist við togumst
þú togast þið togist þú togist þið togist
hann, hún, það togast þeir, þær, þau togast hann, hún, það togist þeir, þær, þau togist
past
(þátíð) 		ég togaðist við toguðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég togaðist við toguðumst
þú togaðist þið toguðust þú togaðist þið toguðust
hann, hún, það togaðist þeir, þær, þau toguðust hann, hún, það togaðist þeir, þær, þau toguðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		togast (þú) togist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
togastu togisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

Synonyms

Italian

Etymology

From Latin toga.

Noun

toga f ‎(plural toghe)

  1. toga
  2. gown, robe
  3. magistrate, judge
  4. (by extension) lawyer

Related terms

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

toga

  1. rōmaji reading of とが

Latin

statua cum toga (statue with toga)

Etymology

From tegō ‎(“I cover”), related to Ancient Greek στέγω ‎(stégō).

Pronunciation

Noun

toga f ‎(genitive togae); first declension

  1. toga
    Toga candida.
    Pure white toga.
  2. a garment
  3. a roof
  4. (figuratively) a client
  5. (figuratively) peace

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative toga togae
genitive togae togārum
dative togae togīs
accusative togam togās
ablative togā togīs
vocative toga togae

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Norwegian tog, Swedish tåg.

Noun

toga

  1. (Norway, Sweden) train

Inflection

Even, no gradation
Nominative toga
Genitive toga
Singular Plural
Nominative toga togat
Accusative toga togaid
Genitive toga togaid
Illative togii togaide
Locative togas togain
Comitative togain togaiguin
Essive togan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person togan togame togamet
2nd person togat togade togadet
3rd person togas togaska togaset

Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

toga n

  1. definite plural of tog

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

toga n

  1. definite plural of tog

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoɣa/

Verb

toga

  1. second-person singular imperative of do·goa

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
toga thoga toga
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin toga

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɔɡa]

Noun

toga f

  1. toga, gown

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

toga f (plural togas)

  1. toga (loose outer garment worn by the citizens of ancient Rome)

Samoan

Noun

toga

  1. south

Adjective

toga

  1. southern

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǒːɡa/
  • Hyphenation: to‧ga

Noun

tóga f ‎(Cyrillic spelling то́га)

  1. toga, gown

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin toga.

Noun

toga f ‎(plural togas)

  1. toga

Pronunciation

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