toaster

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English[edit]

A typical toaster that takes two slices of bread at a time.

Etymology[edit]

toast +‎ -er

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Noun[edit]

toaster (plural toasters)

  1. An electrical device for toasting bread, English muffins, crumpets, etc.
  2. A toasting fork.
  3. (archaic) A fish ready for toasting.
    • 1851, Henry Mayhew, “The London Street Markets on a Saturday Night”, in London Labour and the London Poor; […], volume I (The London Street-folk. Book the First.), London: [George Woodfall], →OCLC, page 9, column 2:
      [T]he tumult of the thousand different cries of the eager dealers, all shouting at the top of their voices, at one and the same time, is almost bewildering. […] "Come and look at 'em! here's toasters!" bellows one with a Yarmouth bloater stuck on a toasting-fork.
  4. One who toasts (cooks lightly by browning).
  5. One who toasts (engages in salute while drinking alcohol).
  6. (US, slang) A firearm, especially a pistol.
    • 2001, “Renegade”, in The Blueprint, performed by Jay-Z ft. Eminem:
      The renegade, you been afraid I penetrate pop culture / Bring 'em a lot closer to the block where they pop toasters
  7. (humorous, now rare) A rapier or similar weapon.
    • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 27, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume I, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
      This attitude, and the sight of the blade which glistened by moonlight in his face, checked in some sort, the ardour of his assailant, who desired he would lay aside his toaster, and take a bout with him at equal arms.
  8. (automotive, informal, derogatory) Any of several small, box-like automobiles exemplified by the Scion xB and Honda Element.
  9. (music, informal, derogatory) An electronic organ, especially a crude one that uses analog technology.
  10. (computing, humorous) A low-end or outdated personal computer.
    • 2000, Jennifer Fulton, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Upgrading and Repairing PCs, Alpha Books, →ISBN, page 15:
      For most older computers (pre-486 and even some 486s), it's simply easier to throw them away and start over (and cheaper, too). I know; this probably goes against the grain; after all, you hung onto that old toaster for three years, and now it makes a darn good doorstop.
    • 2005, Clark N. Quinn, Engaging Learning: Designing e-Learning Simulation Games, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 65:
      On the technical side, we had only the old “toaster” Macintosh computers as our environment (only black and white and 512 by 480 screen resolution) and a variety of IBM PCs or equivalents.
  11. (computing slang, uncommon) A self-contained software package distributable over the Internet or by burning onto CDs.
    • 2008, Michael Jang, Ubuntu Certified Professional Study Guide, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 9:
      The Freedom Toaster was developed with backing from Mark Shuttleworth as a vending-machine-style dispenser of free digital products, including Ubuntu Linux.
  12. (music) a DJ who accompanies reggae with improvised rhythmic speech.

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  • → French: toasteur
  • → German: Toaster
  • → Japanese: トースター (tōsutā)
  • → Korean: 토스터 (toseuteo)
  • → Polish: toster
  • → Russian: то́стер (tóstɛr)

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From toast +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

toaster

  1. to toast (grill bread to make toast)
  2. to toast (drink to something)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of toaster (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple toaster
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple toastant
/tɔs.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle toasté
/tɔs.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present toaste
/tɔst/ 		toastes
/tɔst/ 		toaste
/tɔst/ 		toastons
/tɔs.tɔ̃/ 		toastez
/tɔs.te/ 		toastent
/tɔst/
imperfect toastais
/tɔs.tɛ/ 		toastais
/tɔs.tɛ/ 		toastait
/tɔs.tɛ/ 		toastions
/tɔs.tjɔ̃/ 		toastiez
/tɔs.tje/ 		toastaient
/tɔs.tɛ/
past historic2 toastai
/tɔs.te/ 		toastas
/tɔs.ta/ 		toasta
/tɔs.ta/ 		toastâmes
/tɔs.tam/ 		toastâtes
/tɔs.tat/ 		toastèrent
/tɔs.tɛʁ/
future toasterai
/tɔs.tə.ʁe/ 		toasteras
/tɔs.tə.ʁa/ 		toastera
/tɔs.tə.ʁa/ 		toasterons
/tɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		toasterez
/tɔs.tə.ʁe/ 		toasteront
/tɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional toasterais
/tɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		toasterais
/tɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		toasterait
/tɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		toasterions
/tɔs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		toasteriez
/tɔs.tə.ʁje/ 		toasteraient
/tɔs.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present toaste
/tɔst/ 		toastes
/tɔst/ 		toaste
/tɔst/ 		toastions
/tɔs.tjɔ̃/ 		toastiez
/tɔs.tje/ 		toastent
/tɔst/
imperfect2 toastasse
/tɔs.tas/ 		toastasses
/tɔs.tas/ 		toastât
/tɔs.ta/ 		toastassions
/tɔs.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		toastassiez
/tɔs.ta.sje/ 		toastassent
/tɔs.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — toaste
/tɔst/ 		— toastons
/tɔs.tɔ̃/ 		toastez
/tɔs.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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