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toadstool

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈtəʊdˌstuːl/
  • US: tōdʹsto͞ol'
  • US: /ˈtoʊdˌstu(ə)l/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊdstuːl
  • rhymes with -oʊdstul
  • rhymes with -oʊdstuəl

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an amanita.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: mushroom

Broader terms: agaric

History

Etymology

From Middle English tode-stole, tadstol, taddestol, equivalent to toad + stool. Compare dialectal English frogstool (“toadstool”), Saterland Frisian Poagestoul (“mushroom”, literally “frog's stool”), Dutch paddenstoel.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: гъба — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Catalan: bolet verinós — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毒蕈 (dúxùn) — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Crimean Tatar: ağuv mantar — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Czech: muchomůrka — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Danish: paddehat — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Dutch: giftige paddestoel — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Dutch: gifzwam — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Estonian: mürkseen — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Estonian: mürgiseen — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Estonian: mürgine seen — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Estonian: kärbseseen (agaric, especially amanita) — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Finnish: myrkkysieni — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Finnish: kärpässieni (agaric) — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Finnish: roskasieni (inedible) — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • French: champignon vénéneux — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • German: Giftpilz — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Hungarian: bolondgomba — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Hungarian: mérges gomba — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Icelandic: körtukollur — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Irish: beacán bearaigh — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Italian: fungo velenoso — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Japanese: 毒茸 — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Korean: 독버섯 (dokbeoseot) — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Norwegian Bokmål: paddehatt — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: paddehatt — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Pennsylvania German: Giftschwamm — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Polish: muchomor — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Portuguese: cogumelo venenoso — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Romanian: ciupercă otrăvitoare — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Romanian: ciupercă nebună — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Russian: пога́нка (pogánka) — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Serbo-Croatian: otrovna pečurka — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Serbo-Croatian: отровна печурка — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Serbo-Croatian: otrovna gljiva — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Serbo-Croatian: отровна гљива — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Slovene: mušnica — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Spanish: seta venenosa — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Tagalog: kabuting-ahas — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Tamil: காளான் (kāḷāṉ) — an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • Unami: ahkokwe — an inedible or poisonous mushroom