toast

English

Toast (bread)

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /təʊst/
• (GenAm) IPA: /toʊst/

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• Rhymes: -əʊst

Etymology

From Old French toster (to roast, to grill), from Latin tostus (grilled, burnt, from verb torrere (to burn, to grill)).

Noun

Wikipedia toast (uncountable)

1. Toasted bread.

   I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.

   All toasters toast toast.

2. A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol.

   At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.

3. A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.

   He was the toast of high society.

4. (slang) Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.

   If I ever get my hands on the guy that stole my wallet, he’s toast!

5. (slang, Jamaica) Extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
6. (computing) A transient, pop-up informational window

Derived terms

Terms derived from toast (noun)

french toast propose a toast

Texas toast toaster

toast of the town

Translations

toasted bread

• Armenian: տոստ (hy) (tost)
• Belarusian: грэнка (be) (hrénka) f, тост (be) (tost) m
• Catalan: torrada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烤麵包 (cmn), 烤面包 (cmn) (kǎomiànbāo), 土司 (cmn) (tǔsī), 多士 (cmn) (duōshì)

• Czech: toust (cs) m, topinka (cs) f
• Danish: ristet brød (da) n
• Dutch: toost, geroosterd brood
• Finnish: paahtoleipä (fi)
• French: pain grillé (fr) m, toast (fr), (Quebec) rôtie (fr) f
• Friulian: brustulâ
• Georgian: სადღეგრძელო (ka) (sadḡegrdzelo)
• German: Toast (de) m, Röstbrot (de) n, Toastbrot (de) n
• Greek: τοστ (el) (tost)
• Guernésiais: pôin tôtaï m
• Irish: tósta (ga) m
• Japanese: トースト (ja) (tōsuto)

• Jèrriais: pain rôti m
• Korean: 토스트 (ko) (toseuteu)
• Macedonian: двопек (mk) (dvópek) m, тост (mk) (tost) m
• Norwegian: toast (no) m, ristet brød (no) n
• Persian: نان تست (fa) (nân-e tost)
• Polish: tost (pl) m, grzanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: torrada (pt) f
• Russian: гренок (ru) (grenók) m, гренка (ru) (grénka) f, тост (ru) (tost) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: препеченац (sh) m, тост (sh) m, двопек (sh) m

  Roman: prepečenac (sh) m, tost (sh) m, dvopek (sh) m

• Slovak: hrianka (sk) f
• Spanish: pan tostado (es) m, tostada (es) f
• Swedish: rostat bröd (sv)
• Turkish: tost (tr)
• Ukrainian: грінка (uk) (hrínka) f, тост (uk) (tost) m
• Volapük: bod peloetöl (vo)
• Welsh: tost (cy) m

salutation

• Armenian: կենաց (hy) (kenac')
• Belarusian: тост (be) (tost) m
• Bulgarian: тост (bg) (tost) m
• Catalan: brindis (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 敬酒 (cmn) (jìngjiǔ), 祝酒 (cmn) (zhùjiǔ)

• Czech: přípitek (cs) m
• Danish: skål (da) c
• Dutch: toost, heildronk
• Esperanto: tosto (eo)
• Finnish: maljapuhe
• French: toast (fr) m
• German: Trinkspruch (de) m, Toast (de) m, Tischrede (de) f
• Italian: brindisi (it) m

• Japanese: 祝杯 (ja) (しゅくはい, shukuhai)
• Macedonian: здравица (mk) (zdrávica) f
• Polish: toast (pl) m
• Portuguese: brinde (pt)
• Russian: тост (ru) (tost) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: здравица (sh) f

  Roman: zdravica (sh) f

• Slovene: zdravica (sl) f, zdravljica (sl) f
• Spanish: brindis (es) m
• Swedish: skål (sv)
• Turkish: kadeh kaldırma (tr)
• Ukrainian: тост (uk) (tost) m
• Volapük: tost (vo)

Verb

toast (third-person singular simple present toasts, present participle toasting, simple past and past participle toasted)

1. To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.

   We liked to toast marshmallows around the campfire.

2. To grill, lightly cook by browning specifically under a grill or in a toaster

   Top with cheese and toast under the grill for a few minutes.

3. To engage in a salutation and/or accompanying raising of glasses while drinking alcohol in honor of someone or something.

   We toasted the happy couple many times over the course of the evening.

4. To warm thoroughly.

   I toasted my feet by the fire.

5. (slang, Jamaica) To perform extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.

Translations

to lightly cook by browning over fire

• Catalan: torrar (ca)
• Dutch: roosteren (nl)
• Finnish: paahtaa (fi)
• French: griller (fr)

• Macedonian: потпекува (mk) (potpékuva)
• Maori: whakapaki (mi)
• Quechua: hank'ay (qu)
• Spanish: tostar (es)
• Swedish: rosta (sv)

to lightly cook in a kitchen appliance

• Dutch: grillen (nl), roosteren (nl), toasten (nl)
• Finnish: paahtaa (fi)
• French: griller (fr)
• German: toasten (de), rösten (de)

• Macedonian: потпекува (mk) (potpékuva)
• Malay: bakar (ms)
• Maori: whakapaki (mi)
• Spanish: gratinar (es)

to engage in a salutation

• Catalan: brindar (ca)
• Dutch: toasten, drinken op
• Finnish: skoolata (fi), kilistää (fi), juoda/nostaa/kohottaa/esittää malja (fi)
• French: boire à la santé de ... (fr)
• German: toasten (de), anstoßen (de), auf jds. Wohl trinken (de)
• Latin: propīnāre alicui (la)

• Macedonian: наздравува (mk) (nazdrávuva)
• Norwegian: skål (no) m
• Polish: wznieść toast / wznosić toast
• Spanish: brindar por (es)
• Swedish: skåla (sv)
• Turkish: kadeh kaldırmak (tr)

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• Slovene: nazdraviti (1)

References

• “toast” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Anagrams

• stoat
• toats

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French

Noun

toast m (plural toasts)

1. toast

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

toast m (invariable)

1. toast, pledge (in honour of someone)
2. toasted sandwich

Anagrams

• stato, tasto, tastò, tosta

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Polish

Etymology

From English toast

Noun

toast m

1. toast (a proposed salutation while drinking alcohol)

Declension

    declension of toast

	singular	plural
nominative	toast	toasty
genitive	toastu	toastów
dative	toastowi	toastom
accusative	toast	toasty
instrumental	toastem	toastami
locative	toaście	toastach
vocative	toaście	toasty