toast

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[edit] English

Toast (bread)

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology

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

The salutation originally referred to the beautiful or popular woman whose health was proposed and drunk, from the use of spiced toast to flavor drink, regarding her as figuratively adding piquancy to the wine in which her health was drunk.

[edit] Noun

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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 software engineering term for a transient, pop-up informational window


[edit] Derived terms

Terms derived from toast (noun)

[edit] Translations

toasted bread
salutation

[edit] 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. (slang, Jamaica) To perform extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.

[edit] Translations

to lightly cook by browning over fire
to lightly cook in a kitchen appliance
to engange in a salutation
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[edit] References

  • “toast” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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[edit] French

[edit] Noun

toast m. (plural toasts)

  1. toast

[edit] Italian

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English

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toast m. inv.

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

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[edit] Polish

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From English toast

[edit] Noun

toast m.

  1. toast (a proposed salutation while drinking alcohol)

[edit] 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
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