roster

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch rooster (“gridiron, table, list”), from Middle Dutch roosten (“to roast”). More at roast. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒs.tə/ (US, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɹɔ.stɚ/, /ˈɹoʊ.stɚ/ (General American, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑ.stɚ/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɹɔs.tə/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒs.tə/, [ˈɹɔ̟s.tə] Rhymes: -ɒstə(ɹ) === Noun === roster (plural rosters) A list of individuals or groups, usually for an organization of some kind such as military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit; a muster roll; a sports team, with the names of players who are eligible to be placed in the lineup for a particular game; or a list of students officially enrolled in a school or class. A list of the jobs to be performed by members of an organization and often with the date and time that they are expected to perform them. A schedule or timetable setting out shift times and dates for each employee of a business. (mathematics) A bracketed list that shows the elements of a set. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== rota === Verb === roster (third-person singular simple present rosters, present participle rostering, simple past and past participle rostered) (transitive) To place the name of (a person) on a roster. (transitive, mathematics) To show the elements of a set by listing them inside brackets. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === Trains: Railroad locomotive rosters === Anagrams === Storer, Torres, re-sort, resort, retros, sorter, storer == Middle English == === Alternative forms === roostare === Etymology === From rosten +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrɔːstər(ə)/ === Noun === roster (rare, Late Middle English) A roaster (a person who roasts). ==== Descendants ==== English: roaster ==== References ==== “rōster(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 August 2018. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrɔs.tər/ Rhymes: -ɔstər Hyphenation: ros‧ter === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== roster m indefinite plural of roste (“mash; mashed malt used in brewing”) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== roster present of roste (“to mash malt for brewing”) === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Alternative forms ==== røster (in this sense) ==== Verb ==== roster present of roste (“to roast, calcine”) == Spanish == === Noun === roster m (plural rosters or roster) (baseball) roster