toast

Etymology

From Middle English tosten, from Old French toster (“to roast, to grill”), from Latin tostus (“grilled, burnt”), from verb torreō (“to burn, to grill”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /təʊst/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /toʊst/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -əʊst

Noun

toast (countable and uncountable, plural toasts)

1. (uncountable) Toasted bread.

   I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.

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

   At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.

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

   He was the toast of high society.

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

   If I ever get my hands on the guy that stole my wallet, he’s toast!

5. (slang, Jamaica) Extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
6. (computing, graphical user interface) A transient, informational pop-up window.
   • 2012, Nick Lecrenski, ‎Doug Holland, ‎Allen Sanders, Professional Windows 8 Programming

     With the new Windows Push Notification Service, you can remotely send notifications from a cloud-based web service. In Windows 8, the majority of the Toast messages are standard duration toasts.

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, Jamaica) To perform extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.

References

• “toast” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Anagrams

• stoat, tasto, toats, totas

Etymology

Borrowed from English toast. Doublet of tôt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔst/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

toast m (plural toasts)

1. toast

Further reading

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English toast.

Noun

toast m (invariable)

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

Anagrams

• stato, tasto, tastò, tosta

Etymology

Borrowed from English toast.

Noun

toast m (definite singular toasten, indefinite plural toaster, definite plural toastene)

1. toast (toasted bread)

References

• “toast” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

Borrowed from English toast.

Noun

toast m (definite singular toasten, indefinite plural toastar, definite plural toastane)

1. toast (toasted bread)

References

• “toast” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Borrowed from English toast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔst/

Noun

toast m inan

1. toast (a proposed salutation while drinking alcohol)