toaster
See also: Toaster
English
A typical toaster that takes two slices of bread at a time.
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtəʊstə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtoʊstɚ/
- Rhymes: -əʊstə(r)
Noun
toaster (plural toasters)
- One who toasts (cooks lightly by browning).
- One who toasts (engages in salute while drinking alcohol).
- An electrical device for toasting bread, English muffins, crumpets, etc.
- A self-contained software package (or appliance) distributable over the Internet or by burning onto CDs.
- (informal, derogatory) An electronic organ, especially a crude one that uses analog technology.
- (informal, derogatory) Any of several small, box-like automobiles exemplified by the Scion xB and Honda Element.
- (archaic) A fish ready for toasting.
- 1840s, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor
- “Now's your time! beautiful whelks, a penny a lot.” “Here's ha'p'orths,” shouts the perambulating confectioner. “Come and look at 'em! here's toasters!” bellows one with a Yarmouth bloater stuck on a toasting-fork.
- 1840s, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor
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Descendants
Translations
device for toasting bread
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French
Etymology
Verb
toaster
Conjugation
Conjugation of toaster (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | toaster | avoir toasté | |||||
| gerund | en toastant | en ayant toasté | |||||
| present participle | toastant /tɔs.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | toasté /tɔs.te/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | toaste /tɔst/ |
toastes /tɔst/ |
toaste /tɔst/ |
toastons /tɔs.tɔ̃/ |
toastez /tɔs.te/ |
toastent /tɔst/ |
| imperfect | toastais /tɔs.tɛ/ |
toastais /tɔs.tɛ/ |
toastait /tɔs.tɛ/ |
toastions /tɔs.tjɔ̃/ |
toastiez /tɔs.tje/ |
toastaient /tɔs.tɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | toastai /tɔs.te/ |
toastas /tɔs.ta/ |
toasta /tɔs.ta/ |
toastâmes /tɔs.tam/ |
toastâtes /tɔs.tat/ |
toastèrent /tɔs.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | toasterai /tɔs.tə.ʁe/ |
toasteras /tɔs.tə.ʁa/ |
toastera /tɔs.tə.ʁa/ |
toasterons /tɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
toasterez /tɔs.tə.ʁe/ |
toasteront /tɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | toasterais /tɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
toasterais /tɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
toasterait /tɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
toasterions /tɔs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
toasteriez /tɔs.tə.ʁje/ |
toasteraient /tɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | toaste /tɔst/ |
toastes /tɔst/ |
toaste /tɔst/ |
toastions /tɔs.tjɔ̃/ |
toastiez /tɔs.tje/ |
toastent /tɔst/ |
| imperfect1 | toastasse /tɔs.tas/ |
toastasses /tɔs.tas/ |
toastât /tɔs.ta/ |
toastassions /tɔs.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
toastassiez /tɔs.ta.sje/ |
toastassent /tɔs.tas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | toaste /tɔst/ |
— | toastons /tɔs.tɔ̃/ |
toastez /tɔs.te/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Further reading
- “toaster” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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