French Conversation · Level 98
60 words
French word
toast
Pronunciation
IPA/tost/
Meaning
- masculine nountoast
Example
Je veux un toast pour le petit-déjeuner.
I want some toast for breakfast.
More examples
Il a trempé son toast dans le café.
He dipped his toast in the coffee.
Core concept
A hot browned slice is the concrete image, and a lifted glass gives the noun its social drinking sense.
Common phrases
un plateau de toasts
a plate of toast
toast au beurre
buttered toast
un toast à la confiture
toast with jam
Similar words
pain: Bread eaten as a common staple, usually made from flour.
tartine: A slice of bread with a topping such as butter, jam, or another spread.
biscotte: A dry, twice-baked slice of bread often eaten at breakfast.
tranche: A thin slice cut from bread, meat, or another food.
Definition in French
Tranche de pain grillé, souvent servie au petit-déjeuner ou avec une garniture; le mot peut aussi désigner l'acte de porter un toast en levant le verre.
Word origin
Toast is an English borrowing in French, and its older history leads through Old French toster to Latin torrere, 'to scorch'.
Usage tips
- For the drinking sense, porter un toast à quelqu'un is a formal French pattern meaning to propose a toast to someone.