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toast
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)
- (uncountable) Toasted bread.
- (countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
- (countable) A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.
- (slang, chiefly US, uncountable) Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.
- (slang, Jamaican) Extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
- (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)
- To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.
- We liked to toast marshmallows around the campfire.
- 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.
- 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.
- To warm thoroughly.
- I toasted my feet by the fire.
- (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)
- toast (congratulation or salutation while raising a glass containing a usually alcoholic drink)
- an event held in honour of some person or some occasion where alcoholic drinks are consumed
- (chiefly diminutive) Melba toast
Related terms
- toasten
Estonian
Noun
toast
- elative singular of tuba
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English toast. Doublet of tôt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?st/
Noun
toast m (plural toasts)
- toast (bread)
- 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)
- toast, pledge (in honour of someone)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- toast (proposed salutation)
Declension
Further reading
- toast in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French toast.
Noun
toast n (plural toasturi)
- toast (salutation when drinking alcohol)
Declension
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ambulance
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French ambulance, from (hôpital) ambulant (“walking, shifting (hospital)”), from Latin ambul? (“I walk, I go about”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æm.bj?.l?ns/
- (AAVE, also) IPA(key): /?æm.bj??læns/
- Hyphenation: am?bu?lance
Noun
ambulance (plural ambulances)
- An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. [1854]
- (military) A mobile field hospital. [1798]
- (obsolete, US) A prairie wagon. [Late 19c.]
Derived terms
Related terms
- ambulatory
- ambulant
Descendants
- ? Hindi: ????????? (embulens)
Translations
Verb
ambulance (third-person singular simple present ambulances, present participle ambulancing, simple past and past participle ambulanced)
- (transitive) To transport by ambulance.
Further reading
- ambulance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ambulance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
References
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ambulant?s?]
Noun
ambulance f
- ambulance
- hospital ward or department that offers outpatient care
Declension
Synonyms
- (ambulance): sanitka
Related terms
- ambulantní
- ambulantn?
Further reading
- ambulance in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- ambulance in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French ambulance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??m.by?l?n.s?/
- Hyphenation: am?bu?lan?ce
- Rhymes: -?ns?
Noun
ambulance f (plural ambulances)
- ambulance
- 1975, Anke de Vries, Het geheim van Mories Besjoer, Lemniscaat, 59.
- Ze beschrijven uitvoerig hoe Maurice te hulp schoot, toen hij gegil hoorde, hoe hij iemand had zien wegvluchten uit de kamer en dat hij het was geweest, die een ambulance had gebeld.
- 1979, Rubberen Robbie, "De ambulance", Zuipen (CD).
- Twee, drie, weken geleden kwam de ambulance / Bij onze buurman hier net om de hoek
- 1975, Anke de Vries, Het geheim van Mories Besjoer, Lemniscaat, 59.
Synonyms
- ziekenauto
- ziekenwagen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: ambulans
- ? Indonesian: ambulans
French
Etymology
From Latin ambulans, present participle of ambul? (“I walk, I go about”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.by.l??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
ambulance f (plural ambulances)
- ambulance
Descendants
- ? Dutch: ambulance (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “ambulance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English ambulance and French ambulance.
Noun
ambulance f (plural ambulances)
- (Jersey) ambulance
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