toaster
See also: Toaster
English
A typical toaster that takes two slices of bread at a time.
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
Descendants
Translations
device for toasting bread
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French
Conjugation
Conjugation of toaster (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | toastant /tɔs.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
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| past participle | toasté /tɔs.te/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | toaster | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | toastant /tɔs.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | 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 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “toaster” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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