rosta

See also: rósta, ròsta, rösta, and Rosťa

Breton

Etymology

From rost.

Verb

rosta

1. to roast

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈrɔs.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈrɔs.ta]

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

rosta

1. feminine singular of rost

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to rostir.

Noun

rosta f (plural rostes)

1. fried bacon
2. fried bread
3. (in the plural) rillettes

Derived terms

• rostada
• rosta de Santa Teresa

Further reading

• “rosta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rosta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrosta]
• Rhymes: -osta
• Hyphenation: ro‧s‧ta

Verb

rosta

1. present masculine singular transgressive of růst

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian rešeto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈroʃtɒ]
• Hyphenation: ros‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

rosta (plural rosták)

1. riddle, sifter, sieve (a device to separate larger objects from smaller objects)
2. screening (the process of filtering out the less acceptable quality from something)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	rosta	rosták
accusative	rostát	rostákat
dative	rostának	rostáknak
instrumental	rostával	rostákkal
causal-final	rostáért	rostákért
translative	rostává	rostákká
terminative	rostáig	rostákig
essive-formal	rostaként	rostákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	rostában	rostákban
superessive	rostán	rostákon
adessive	rostánál	rostáknál
illative	rostába	rostákba
sublative	rostára	rostákra
allative	rostához	rostákhoz
elative	rostából	rostákból
delative	rostáról	rostákról
ablative	rostától	rostáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	rostáé	rostáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	rostáéi	rostákéi

Possessive forms of rosta
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	rostám	rostáim
2nd person sing.	rostád	rostáid
3rd person sing.	rostája	rostái
1st person plural	rostánk	rostáink
2nd person plural	rostátok	rostáitok
3rd person plural	rostájuk	rostáik

Synonyms

• (sieve): szita, szűrő
• (screening): selejtező, válogató, vizsga

Derived terms

• rostál

(Compound words):

• rostacsont

Further reading

• rosta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Italian

Etymology

From Lombardic *hrousta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.sta/
• Rhymes: -ɔsta
• Hyphenation: rò‧sta

Noun

rosta f (plural roste)

1. a bundle of twigs used as a fan (especially to drive away flies)
2. a tangle of foliage that hinders the way

Derived terms

• arrostare

Further reading

• rosta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• -astro, Tarso, astro, astro-, sarto, sorta, staro, starò, tarso

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Spanish

Verb

rosta

1. inflection of rostir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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Swedish

Etymology

rost (“1. rust; 2. gridiron, grill”) +‎ -a

Verb

rosta (present rostar, preterite rostade, supine rostat, imperative rosta)

1. to rust
2. to roast, to toast; to lightly cook

Conjugation

Conjugation of rosta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	rosta		rostas
Supine	rostat		rostats
Imperative	rosta		—
Imper. plural1	rosten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	rostar	rostade	rostas	rostades
Ind. plural1	rosta	rostade	rostas	rostades
Subjunctive2	roste	rostade	rostes	rostades
	Participles
Present participle	rostande
Past participle	rostad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• rostning

Anagrams

• astro-, ostar, roats, stora, trosa

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Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian roggia

Noun

rosta f (plural roste)

1. sluice, weir (or similar artificial canal etc.)