roast

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Etymology

From Middle English rosten, from Old French rostir (“to roast”) (Modern French: rôtir), from Frankish *rōstjan (“to roast”), from Proto-Germanic *raustijanan (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *reus- (“to crackle, roast”). Cognate with Dutch roosteren (“to roast”), German rösten (“to roast”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: rōst, IPA: /ɹəʊst/, X-SAMPA: /r@Ust/

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• Rhymes: -əʊst

Verb

roast (third-person singular simple present roasts, present participle roasting, simple past and past participle roasted)

1. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance to the food.
2. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat

   Coffee beans need roasting before

3. (transitive, figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously

   I’m late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time.

4. (transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.

   The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff.

Coordinate terms

• (to cook): bake, boil, broil, fry, grill, poach, toast

Derived terms

• roasting ear
• roasting jack

Translations

to cook food by heating in an oven or fire

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 燒 (cmn), 烧 (cmn) (shāo), 烤 (cmn) (kǎo), 炙烤 (cmn) (zhìkǎo)

• Czech: péct (cs)
• Dutch: roosteren (nl), grillen (nl)
• Egyptian: 𓅓𓄿𓈙𓂋𓊮 (mꜣšr)
• Esperanto: rosti (eo)
• Finnish: paahtaa (fi), pariloida (fi)
• French: rôtir (fr)
• German: braten (de)
• Greek: (meat) ψήνω (el) (psíno) (psíno); (coffee) καβουρδίζω (el) (kavourdízo) (kavurdízo)

  Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can

• Hungarian: süt (hu), megsüt (hu)
• Italian: arrostire (it)
• Japanese: (meat) あぶり焼きにする (ja) (aburiyaki ni suru), 焼く (ja) (yaku), あぶる (ja) (aburu), ローストする (ja) (rōsuto suru); (beans, grains) 炒る (ja) (iru), 煎る (ja) (iru), 焙焼する (ja) (baishō suru)

• Jèrriais: rôti
• Latin: assō (la)
• Latvian: cept (lv)
• Persian: برشتن (fa) (bereštan), کباب کردن (fa) (kabâb kardan)
• Polish: piec, upiec
• Portuguese: assar (pt)
• Romanian: frige (ro)
• Russian: жарить (ru) (žárit’)  pf., зажарить (ru) (zažárit’)  impf., поджарить (ru) (podžárit’)  impf.
• Scottish Gaelic: ròst (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пећи (sh)

  Roman: peći (sh)

• Spanish: asar (es)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: nướng (vi)

to process by drying trough heat-exposure

• Czech: pražit (cs)
• Dutch: branden (nl) (e.g. coffee), roosteren (nl)
• Finnish: paahtaa (fi)

• German: rösten (de)
• Hungarian: pörköl (hu)

to admonish someone vigorously

• Dutch: het vuur aan de schenen leggen
• Finnish: grillata (fi)

• Japanese: 酷評する (ja) (kokuhyō suru)

to banter, severely criticize

• Dutch: op de rooster leggen
• Finnish: grillata (fi)

• Hungarian: ugrat (hu)

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• Albanian: skuq (sq)
• Breton: rosta (br)
• Catalan: rostir (ca)

• French: rôtir (fr)
• Hungarian: süt (hu)
• Korean: 굽다 (gupda), 볶다 (bokkda)
• Portuguese: assar (pt)
• Spanish: asar (es), rostir (es)

Noun

roast (plural roasts)

1. A cut of meat suited to roasting
2. A meal consisting of roast foods.
3. (Originally fraternal) A comical event where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.

Derived terms

• nut roast

Translations

cut of meat

• Chamicuro: kec̈hochi
• Dutch: braadstuk n, gebraad n
• Faroese: steik (fo) f
• Finnish: paahtopaisti (fi)
• French: rôti (fr) m
• German: Braten (de) m

• Japanese: (phrase) ロースト用の肉 (ja) (rōsuto-yō no niku)
• Polish: pieczeń f
• Romanian: friptură (ro) f
• Russian: жаркое (ru) (žarkóje) n 
• Scottish Gaelic: ròsta (gd) f
• Volapük: loet (vo), loetamit (vo)

gathering

• German: Braten (de) m
• Japanese: あぶり焼き (ja) (aburiyaki), ロースト (ja) (rōsuto)

• Russian: жаркое (ru) (žarkóje) n 

comical event

• Finnish: grillaus (fi)

• French: bien-cuit (fr) m

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• Mandarin: 烘烤 (hōng kǎo)

• Italian: arrosti pl
• Korean: 구이 (gui)
• Romanian: friptură (ro) f
• Spanish: carne asada f

Adjective

roast (not comparable)

1. having been cooked by roasting
2. (figuratively) subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized

Translations

having been cooked by roasting

• Chinese: 烘烤 (hōng kǎo)
• Dutch: geroosterd
• Finnish: paahdettu (fi)
• French: rôti (fr) m, rôtie (fr) f
• German: gebraten (de)
• Italian: al forno (it)

• Japanese: (meat) あぶり焼きにした (ja) (aburiyaki ni shita), 焼いた (ja) (yaita), あぶった (ja) (abutta), ローストした (ja) (rōsuto shita); (beans, grains) 炒った (ja) (itta), 煎った (ja) (itta), 焙焼した (ja) (baishō shita)
• Korean: 구이 (gui)
• Russian: жареный (ru) (žár'enyj) 
• Spanish: asado (es) m, asada (es) f

subjected to roasting, bantered

• Dutch: op de rooster gelegd

See also

• barbecue
• chargrill
• grill
• joint
• roasties

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