toadstool

toadstool

English

Alternative forms

• toadestoole (obsolete)
• todestoole (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English tode-stole, tadstol, taddestol, equivalent to toad +‎ stool. Compare dialectal English frogstool (“toadstool”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊdˌstuːl/
• (US) enPR: ʹtōd'sto͞ol, IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊdˌstu(ə)l/

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• Rhymes: -əʊdstuːl, -oʊdstul, -oʊdstuəl

Noun

toadstool (plural toadstools)

1. Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an agaric.

Translations

an inedible or poisonous mushroom

Bulgarian: гъба (особено отровна) f (gǎba (osobeno otrovna)) Catalan: bolet verinós Chinese: Mandarin: 毒蕈 (zh) (dúxùn) Crimean Tatar: ağuv mantar Czech: muchomůrka (cs) m Danish: paddehat c Dutch: giftige paddestoel m, gifzwam m Finnish: myrkkysieni (fi) (poisonous mushroom), kärpässieni (fi) (agaric), roskasieni (inedible) French: champignon vénéneux m German: Giftpilz (de) Hungarian: bolondgomba (hu), mérges gomba Icelandic: körtukollur m Irish: beacán bearaigh m Italian: fungo velenoso Japanese: 毒茸 (ja) (どくたけ, dokutake, どくきのこ, dokukinoko) Norwegian: Bokmål: paddehatt m Nynorsk: paddehatt m Pennsylvania German: Giftschwamm Polish: muchomor (pl) m Portuguese: cogumelo venenoso m Russian: пога́нка (ru) f (pogánka) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: otrovna pečurka f, Cyrillic: отровна печурка f Roman: otrovna gljiva f, Cyrillic: отровна гљива f Slovene: mušnica (sl) f Spanish: seta venenosa Tagalog: kabuting-ahas

See also

• fungus/fungi
• mushroom