toast

See also: Toast and TOAST

English

Toast (bread)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təʊst/
• IPA^(key): /toʊst/

• Audio (US):

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• 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)

1. (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.

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

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

3. (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.

4. (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!

5. (slang, Jamaica) Extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
6. (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.

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.

Derived terms

• French toast
• Texas toast
• toaster
• toastmaker
• toastmaster
• toast of the town

 

Related terms

• torrent
• torrid

Translations

toasted bread

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

  Cantonese: 多士 (yue) (do¹ si^6-2)

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

  Min Nan: 俗麭／俗𮮆 (sio̍k-pháng)

• Czech: toust (cs) m, topinka (cs) f
• Danish: ristet brød n
• Dutch: toost (nl), geroosterd brood
• Erzya: рестамокши (ŕestamokši)
• Esperanto: rostpano
• Estonian: röstsai
• Faroese: snerkt breyð n
• Finnish: paahtoleipä (fi)
• French: pain grillé (fr) m, toast (fr), (Quebec) rôtie (fr) f
• Friulian: brustulâ
• Galician: torrada f, rebanda (gl) f
• Georgian: ცეცხლზე დაბრაწული პური (cecxlze dabrac̣uli ṗuri), გახუხული პური (gaxuxuli ṗuri), დაბრაწული პური (dabrac̣uli ṗuri)
• German: Toast (de) m, Röstbrot n, Toastbrot (de) n
• Greek: φρυγανιά (el) f (fryganiá)
• Icelandic: ristað brauð n
• Ido: rostopano (io)
• Irish: tósta m
• Italian: pane tostato m, toast (it) m
• Japanese: トースト (tōsuto)
• Korean: 토스트 (ko) (toseuteu)
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• Macedonian: двопек m (dvopek), тост m (tost)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: tōhi
• Mongolian: шарсан талх (šarsan talx), хайрсан талх (xajrsan talx)
• Navajo: kindę́ę́ʼ bááh diniiltsxoigo
• Norman: pain rôti m (Jersey), pôin tôtaï m (Guernsey)
• Norwegian: toast m, ristet brød n
• Persian: نان تست (nân-e tost)
• Polish: tost (pl) m, grzanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: torrada (pt) f
• Russian: грено́к (ru) m (grenók), гре́нка (ru) f (grénka), тост (ru) m (tost)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: препеченац m, тост m, двопек m

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

• Slovak: hrianka f
• Slovene: prepečenec m
• Spanish: pan tostado m, tostada (es) f
• Swedish: rostat bröd
• Thai: ขนมปังปิ้ง (kànŏm bpang bpîng)
• Turkish: tost (tr)
• Ukrainian: грі́нка f (hrínka), тост m (tost)
• Uzbek: tost (uz)
• Vietnamese: bánh mì nướng
• Volapük: bod peloetöl
• Welsh: tost (cy) m

salutation

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: կենաց (hy) (kenacʻ)
• Belarusian: тост m (tost)
• Bulgarian: тост (bg) m (tost)
• Catalan: brindis (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: přípitek m
• Danish: skål (da) c
• Dutch: toost (nl), heildronk (nl)
• Esperanto: tosto (eo)
• Estonian: toost
• Faroese: skál f
• Finnish: maljapuhe
• French: toast (fr) m
• Galician: brinde m
• Georgian: სადღეგრძელო (sadɣegrʒelo)
• German: Trinkspruch (de) m, Toast (de) m, Tischrede f
• Greek:

  Ancient: πρόποσις f (próposis)

• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: skál (is) f
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• Ido: tosto (io)
• Italian: brindisi (it) m
• Japanese: 祝杯 (しゅくはい, shukuhai)
• Korean: 축배 (ko) (chukbae)
• Macedonian: здравица f (zdravica)
• Maori: tōhi
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: toast (pl) m
• Portuguese: brinde (pt)
• Russian: тост (ru) m (tost), здра́вица (ru) f (zdrávica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: здравица f

  Roman: zdravica (sh) f

• Slovak: prípitok m
• Slovene: zdravica (sl) f, zdravljica f
• Spanish: brindis (es) m
• Swedish: skål (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kadeh kaldırma
• Ukrainian: тост m (tost)
• Volapük: tost (vo)
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

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)

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)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: roosteren (nl)
• Estonian: röstima
• Finnish: paahtaa (fi)
• French: griller (fr)
• Galician: torrar (gl)
• Georgian: შებრაწვა (šebrac̣va), დაბრაწვა (dabrac̣va)
• Icelandic: grilla
• Ido: rostar (io)
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• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: потпекува (potpekuva)
• Maori: whakatōhi
• Portuguese: tostar (pt), torrar (pt)
• Quechua: hamk'ay
• Russian: поджа́ривать (ru) impf (podžárivatʹ), поджа́рить (ru) pf (podžáritʹ)
• Spanish: tostar (es)
• Swedish: rosta (sv)
• Thai: ปิ้ง (th) (bpîng)

to lightly cook in a kitchen appliance

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: grillen (nl), roosteren (nl), toasten (nl)
• Finnish: paahtaa (fi)
• French: griller (fr)
• Galician: torrar (gl)
• Georgian: გახუხვა (gaxuxva)
• German: toasten (de), rösten (de)
• Icelandic: rista, grilla (in a sandwich grill or similar)
• Ido: rostar (io)
• Isan: please add this translation if you can
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• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: потпекува (potpekuva)
• Malay: bakar
• Maori: whakatōhi
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: rôti (Jersey)
• Portuguese: tostar (pt), torrar (pt)
• Spanish: tostar (es)
• Thai: ปิ้ง (th) (bpîng)

to engage in a salutation

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: brindar (ca)
• Dutch: toasten (nl), drinken op
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: skoolata (fi), kilistää (fi), juoda malja, nostaa malja, kohottaa malja, esittää malja
• French: porter un toast (fr), trinquer (fr)
• Galician: brindar
• Georgian: დღეგრძელობა (dɣegrʒeloba), დალოცვა (dalocva)
• German: toasten (de), anstoßen (de), auf jds. Wohl trinken
• Greek:

  Ancient: προπίνω (propínō)

• Icelandic: skála
• Ido: tostar (io)
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• Japanese: 乾杯 (ja) (kanpai)
• Latin: prōpīnō m
• Macedonian: наздравува (nazdravuva)
• Maori: tōhi
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: skål (no) m
• Polish: wznieść toast, wznosić toast
• Portuguese: brindar
• Spanish: brindar por, brindar (es)
• Swedish: skåla (sv)
• Thai: ดื่มอวยพร (dèum uay pon), ชนแก้ว (chon gâew), ยกแก้ว (yók gâew)
• Turkish: kadeh kaldırmak (tr)

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References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “toast”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• stato-, stoat, tasto, toats, totas

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English toast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːst/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: toast
• Rhymes: -oːst

Noun

toast m (plural toasts, diminutive toastje n)

1. toast (congratulation or salutation while raising a glass containing a usually alcoholic drink)
2. an event held in honour of some person or some occasion where alcoholic drinks are consumed
3. (chiefly diminutive) Melba toast

Related terms

• toasten

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French

Etymology

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Borrowed from English toast. Doublet of tôt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔst/

• Audio:

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Noun

toast m (plural toasts)

1. toast

Further reading

• “toast”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

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Borrowed from English toast.

Noun

toast m (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• stato, tasto, tastò, tosta

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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Borrowed from English toast.

Noun

toast m (definite singular toasten, indefinite plural toaster, definite plural toastene)

1. toast (toasted bread)

Synonyms

• ristet brød

References

• “toast” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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Borrowed from English toast.

Noun

toast m (definite singular toasten, indefinite plural toastar, definite plural toastane)

1. toast (toasted bread)

Synonyms

• rista brød

References

• “toast” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

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Borrowed from English toast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ast/

Noun

1. toast (proposed salutation)

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

Further reading

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