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English

Etymology

From Italian bruschetta, from bruscare (“to toast”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: bro?o-sk?t??, IPA^(key): /b???sk?t?/
• (US) enPR: bro?o-sk?t??, IPA^(key): /b?u?sk?t?/, IPA^(key): /b?u???t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?
• Hyphenation: bru?schet?ta

Noun

bruschetta (plural bruschettas or bruschette)

1. A light Italian dish of toasted bread with a topping of olive oil, garlic and chopped tomatoes.

Translations

Further reading

• bruschetta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “bruschetta”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brus?ket.ta/
• Rhymes: -etta
• Hyphenation: bru?schét?ta

Etymology 1

From brusca(re) (“to toast”) +? -etta (noun-forming diminutive suffix).

Noun

bruschetta f (plural bruschette)

1. bruschetta (Italian bread topped with garlic and tomatoes)

   Synonym: (Tuscany) fettunta

2. (Tuscany) A soup consisting of olive oil, boiled cavolo nero and toasted garlic bread.

Etymology 2

From brusca (“twig”) +? -etta (diminutive suffix).

Noun

bruschetta f (plural bruschette)

1. Diminutive of brusca: a light twig
2. (in the plural) A game similar to the sortition by drawing straws, in which the one who picks the longest (or shortest) stick wins.

Further reading

• bruschetta on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bruschetta, from bruscare (“to toast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?us?keta/, [b?us?ke.t?a]
• Rhymes: -eta

Noun

bruschetta f (plural bruschettas)

1. bruschetta (Italian bread topped with garlic and tomatoes)

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??st/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /to?st/
• Rhymes: -??st

Etymology 1

From Middle English tost, from the verb tosten (see below).

Noun

toast (countable and uncountable, plural toasts)

1. (uncountable) Toasted bread.

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

3. (countable) A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.

4. (slang, chiefly US, uncountable) Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.

5. (slang, Jamaican) Extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
6. (computing, graphical user interface) A transient, informational pop-up window.

   Coordinate term: snackbar

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

Related terms

• torrent
• torrid

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English tosten, from Old French toster (“to roast, grill”), from Latin tostus (“grilled, burnt”), from verb torre? (“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, Jamaican) To perform extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “toast”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• stato-, stoat, tasto, toats, totas

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English toast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to?st/
• Hyphenation: toast
• Rhymes: -o?st

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

Estonian

Noun

toast

1. elative singular of tuba

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English toast. Doublet of tôt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?st/

Noun

toast m (plural toasts)

1. toast (bread)
2. toast (salutation)

Further reading

• “toast” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English toast.

Noun

toast m (invariable)

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

Anagrams

• stato, tasto, tastò, tosta

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English toast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?.ast/

Noun

toast m inan

1. toast (proposed salutation)

Declension

Further reading

• toast in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French toast.

Noun

toast n (plural toasturi)

1. toast (salutation when drinking alcohol)

Declension