toaster
See also: Toaster
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtəʊstə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtoʊstɚ/
- Rhymes: -əʊstə(ɹ)
- Homophone: Towcester
Noun edit
toaster (plural toasters)
- An electrical device for toasting bread, English muffins, crumpets, etc.
- A toasting fork.
- (archaic) A fish ready for toasting.
- 1851, Henry Mayhew, “The London Street Markets on a Saturday Night”, in London Labour and the London Poor; […], volume I (The London Street-folk. Book the First.), London: [George Woodfall], →OCLC, page 9, column 2:
- [T]he tumult of the thousand different cries of the eager dealers, all shouting at the top of their voices, at one and the same time, is almost bewildering. […] "Come and look at 'em! here's toasters!" bellows one with a Yarmouth bloater stuck on a toasting-fork.
- One who toasts (cooks lightly by browning).
- One who toasts (engages in salute while drinking alcohol).
- (US, slang) A firearm, especially a pistol.
- (humorous, now rare) A rapier or similar weapon.
- 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 27, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume I, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
- This attitude, and the sight of the blade which glistened by moonlight in his face, checked in some sort, the ardour of his assailant, who desired he would lay aside his toaster, and take a bout with him at equal arms.
- (automotive, informal, derogatory) Any of several small, box-like automobiles exemplified by the Scion xB and Honda Element.
- (music, informal, derogatory) An electronic organ, especially a crude one that uses analog technology.
- (computing, humorous) A low-end or outdated personal computer.
- 2000, Jennifer Fulton, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Upgrading and Repairing PCs, Alpha Books, →ISBN, page 15:
- For most older computers (pre-486 and even some 486s), it's simply easier to throw them away and start over (and cheaper, too). I know; this probably goes against the grain; after all, you hung onto that old toaster for three years, and now it makes a darn good doorstop.
- 2005, Clark N. Quinn, Engaging Learning: Designing e-Learning Simulation Games, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 65:
- On the technical side, we had only the old “toaster” Macintosh computers as our environment (only black and white and 512 by 480 screen resolution) and a variety of IBM PCs or equivalents.
- (computing slang, uncommon) A self-contained software package distributable over the Internet or by burning onto CDs.
- (music) a DJ who accompanies reggae with improvised rhythmic speech.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → French: toasteur
- → German: Toaster
- → Japanese: トースター (tōsutā)
- → Korean: 토스터 (toseuteo)
- → Polish: toster
- → Russian: то́стер (tóstɛr)
Translations edit
device for toasting bread
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Further reading edit
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Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
toaster
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of toaster (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | toaster | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | toastant /tɔs.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | toasté /tɔs.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(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 historic2 | 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 | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | toaste /tɔst/ |
toastes /tɔst/ |
toaste /tɔst/ |
toastions /tɔs.tjɔ̃/ |
toastiez /tɔs.tje/ |
toastent /tɔst/ |
imperfect2 | toastasse /tɔs.tas/ |
toastasses /tɔs.tas/ |
toastât /tɔs.ta/ |
toastassions /tɔs.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
toastassiez /tɔs.ta.sje/ |
toastassent /tɔs.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | toaste /tɔst/ |
— | toastons /tɔs.tɔ̃/ |
toastez /tɔs.te/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading edit
- “toaster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.