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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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skol
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skål.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sk?l/
Interjection
skol
- (originally and chiefly in Scotland) A drinking-toast; cheers.
- 1990, Alasdair Gray, ‘A Free Man with a Pipe’, Canongate 2012 (Every Short Story 1951-2012), page 490:
- Again they notice he has impressed her and again he grows more cheerful, clinking his glass against hers and saying ‘Skol!’
- 1990, Alasdair Gray, ‘A Free Man with a Pipe’, Canongate 2012 (Every Short Story 1951-2012), page 490:
Verb
skol (third-person singular simple present skols, present participle skolling, simple past and past participle skolled)
- (Australia, slang, transitive) To down (a drink).
- 2011, Richard Plant, Life's a Blur
- The Aussie skolled his beer, threw the Kiwi into the fireplace, and shot him.
- 2011, Richard Plant, Life's a Blur
Anagrams
- Klos, Kols
Breton
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin schola.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sko?l/, /?sk??l/
Noun
skol f
- school
Derived terms
- skol-vamm
- skol-veur
Cornish
Alternative forms
- scol
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin schola.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sko?l]
Noun
skol f (plural skolyow)
- school
Dalmatian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
skol f
- school
References
- Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Dutch school.
Noun
skol
- school
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