tost

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See also: töst and tôt

English

Verb

tost

  1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of toss

Anagrams


Catalan

Etymology

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From Latin tostum, the neuter of tostus. Cognate with French tôt, Italian tosto.

Pronunciation

Adverb

tost

  1. (archaic or dialectal) soon
    Synonym: aviat

German

Verb

tost

  1. (deprecated template usage) Second-person singular present of tosen.
  2. (deprecated template usage) Second-person plural present of tosen.
  3. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular present of tosen.
  4. (deprecated template usage) Imperative plural of tosen.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tost, from Proto-Celtic *tusto-.

Pronunciation

Noun

tost m (genitive singular tost, nominative plural tostanna)

  1. silence
    Bí i do thost!Be silent!, Be quiet!, Shut up!
    Proverb: Is binn béal ina thost.A silent mouth is sweet.
  2. verbal noun of tost

Declension

Verb

tost (present analytic tostann, future analytic tostfaidh, verbal noun tost, past participle tosta)

  1. (intransitive) be silent, become silent
    Thost sé bomaite.He remained silent a while.

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tost thost dtost
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French toster.

Verb

tost

  1. Alternative form of tosten

Etymology 2

A back-formation from tosten.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

tost (plural tostes)

  1. toast (bread that has been toasted)
Descendants
  • English: toast
  • Scots: toast
References

Old French

Etymology

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Possibly from Latin tot (very) + cito (fast), but more likely from Vulgar Latin *tostum, from the neuter of Latin tostus (toasted), later meaning "hotly, promptly" in Vulgar Latin. Cognate to Italian tosto, Occitan and Catalan tost.

Pronunciation

Adverb

tost

  1. early
  2. soon
  3. quickly; straight away

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Brachet, A. (1873) “tot”, in Kitchin, G. W., transl., Etymological dictionary of the French language (Clarendon Press Series), 1st edition, London: Oxford/MacMillan and Co.
  • etymology

Polish

tosty

Etymology

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Borrowed from English toast.

Pronunciation

Noun

tost m inan

  1. toast (toasted bread)

Declension

Further reading


Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish tost, from Proto-Celtic *tusto-.

Pronunciation

Noun

tost m (genitive singular tost, no plural)

  1. silence

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
tost thost
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “tost”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “tost”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[3], Stirling, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tost”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Turkish

Etymology

From English toast.

Noun

tost (definite accusative tosdu, plural tostlar)

  1. toast

Venetian

Etymology

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Compare Italian toast

Noun

tost m (invariable)

  1. toasted sandwich