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English

Alternative forms

• tode (obsolete)
• twoad (archaic, dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *t?de, a shortened variant of Old English t?die, t?di?e (“toad”). Compare Old English t?xe (“toad”).

Cognate with Scots tade, taid, taed, ted (“toad”). Compare also Danish tudse (“toad”), possibly originally from the same prehistoric root; also Swedish tåssa, tossa (“toad”), Old English t?xe (“toad”), Old English tosca (“toad”) by contrast.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /to?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??d/
• Rhymes: -??d
• Homophones: toed, towed

Noun

toad (plural toads)

1. An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
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2. (derogatory) A contemptible or unpleasant person.
3. (derogatory) An ugly person.

Synonyms

(amphibian):

• pad
• paddock

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• amphibian
• frog
• frosh/frosk
• paddock
• tadpole

Verb

toad (third-person singular simple present toads, present participle toading, simple past and past participle toaded)

1. (Internet, informal, transitive) To expel (a user) permanently from a MUD or similar system, so that their account is deleted.

Anagrams

• DOTA, DotA, Dota, doat

Estonian

Noun

toad

1. nominative plural of tuba

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