toast
English
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Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊst
Etymology 1
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From Middle English tost, from the verb tosten (see below).
Noun
toast (countable and uncountable, plural toasts)
- (uncountable) Toasted bread.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 23:
- Tea was a very special institution, revolving as it did around the ceremony and worship of Toast. In [public schools] where alcohol, tobacco and drugs were forbidden, it was essential that something should take their place as a powerful and public totem of virility and cool. Toast, for reasons lost in time, was the substance chosen.
- I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 23:
- (countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
- At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.
- (countable) 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.
- (slang, chiefly US, uncountable) 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!
- (slang, Jamaica) Extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
- (computing, graphical user interface) A transient, informational pop-up window.
- 2012, Nick Lecrenski, Doug Holland, Allen Sanders, Professional Windows 8 Programming
- With the new Windows Push Notification Service, you can remotely send notifications from a cloud-based web service. In Windows 8, the majority of the Toast messages are standard duration toasts.
- 2012, Nick Lecrenski, Doug Holland, Allen Sanders, Professional Windows 8 Programming
Usage notes
The slang sense of something or someone subject to impending destruction is most commonly found predicatively in the combination be (or become) toast.
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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)
- To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.
- We liked to toast marshmallows around the campfire.
- 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.
- 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.
- To warm thoroughly.
- I toasted my feet by the fire.
- (slang, Jamaica) To perform extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “toast”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
toast m (plural toasts, diminutive toastje n)
- toast (congratulation or salutation while raising a glass containing a usually alcoholic drink)
- an event held in honour of some person or some occasion where alcoholic drinks are consumed
- (chiefly diminutive) Melba toast
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French
Etymology
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Borrowed from English toast. Doublet of tôt.
Pronunciation
Noun
toast m (plural toasts)
Further reading
- “toast”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
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Noun
toast m (uncountable)
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
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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
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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
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Pronunciation
Noun
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- toast (proposed salutation)
Declension
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