toast

== English == === Alternative forms === (obsolete) tost === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /təʊst/ (General American) IPA(key): /toʊst/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /təʉst/ Rhymes: -əʊst === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tost, from the verb tosten (see below). (person who is honored with a drink): First appears in print at the very end of the 17th century. The conventional assumption is that the use is metaphorical, “the name of a lady being supposed to flavour a drink like a spiced toast.” This is pure speculation, however, as the origin of the sense remains obscure. (something that will be no more): Ad-libbed by actor Bill Murray in the 1984 film Ghostbusters (see quotation). ==== Noun ==== toast (countable and uncountable, plural toasts) (chiefly uncountable) Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning). (countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. saying "cheers") while drinking alcohol. Synonym: pledge (countable) A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem. (uncountable, slang, chiefly US) Something that is irreparably damaged or used up, especially when destroyed by heat or fire; something which has been burnt to a crisp or incinerated. (uncountable, slang, chiefly US) Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury. Synonyms: dead duck, dead meat to become/be toast (countable, music, slang, Jamaica) A type of extemporaneous narrative poem or rap. (countable, slang, obsolete) An old toast ("a lively fellow who drinks excessively"). (countable, computing, graphical user interface) A transient, informational unclickable pop-up overlay, less interactive than a snackbar. (countable, obsolete outside India) A piece of toast. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English tosten, from Old French toster (“to roast, grill”), from Latin tostus (“grilled, burnt”), from verb torreō (“to burn, grill”). ==== Verb ==== toast (third-person singular simple present toasts, present participle toasting, simple past and past participle toasted) (transitive) To cook lightly by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source. (intransitive, specifically) To cook lightly by browning under a grill or in a toaster; to grill. (ambitransitive) To engage in a salutation, often with raising of the drinking vessel, while drinking an alcoholic beverage in honor of someone or something. (transitive) To warm thoroughly. (music, slang, Jamaica) To perform an extemporaneous narrative poem or rap. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “toast”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === stato-, stoat, tasto, toats, totas == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English toast. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /toːst/ Hyphenation: toast Rhymes: -oːst Homophone: toost === Noun === toast m (plural toasts, diminutive toastje n) (chiefly diminutive) Melba toast ==== Related terms ==== toasten == Estonian == === Noun === toast elative singular of tuba == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English toast. Doublet of tôt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔst/ === Noun === toast m (plural toasts) toast (bread) toast (salutation) === Further reading === “toast”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Alternative forms === tosto (rare) === Etymology === Pseudo-anglicism, from English toast. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɔst/ Rhymes: -ɔst === Noun === toast m (invariable) toasted sandwich ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === toast in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === stato, tasto, tastò, tosta == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from English toast. === Noun === toast m (definite singular toasten, indefinite plural toaster, definite plural toastene) toast (toasted bread) ==== Synonyms ==== ristet brød === References === “toast” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Borrowed from English toast. === Noun === toast m (definite singular toasten, indefinite plural toastar, definite plural toastane) toast (toasted bread) ==== Synonyms ==== rista brød === References === “toast” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English toast. Doublet of tost. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.ast/ Rhymes: -ɔast Syllabification: to‧ast === Noun === toast m inan (diminutive toaścik) toast (proposed salutation) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === toast in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN toast in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French toast. === Noun === toast n (plural toasturi) toast (salutation when drinking alcohol) ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English toast. First attested in 1790 === Noun === toast c toast (toasted bread) Synonym: rostat bröd (literally “toasted bread”) toast (salutation) Synonym: skål ==== Usage notes ==== Fancier sounding than rostat bröd. Often in the names of dishes. ==== Derived terms ==== bookmaker toast toast Pelle Janzon Toast Skagen === References === toast in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) toast in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)