rost

See also: Rost, róst, ròst, rôt, röst, Røst, and рост

English

Noun

rost (plural rosts)

  1. (Scotland) Alternative form of roust (a strong tide or current)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rost in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Breton

Etymology

From Old French rostir, of West Germanic origin.

Noun

rost m

  1. roasted meat

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps of pre-Roman origin.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rost (feminine rosta, masculine plural rosts or rostos, feminine plural rostes)

  1. steep

Noun

rost m (plural rosts or rostos)

  1. a steep slope

Further reading

Danish

Verb

rost

  1. past participle of rose

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔst

Adjective

rost

  1. Superlative form of ros

Anagrams

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈroʃt]
  • Hyphenation: rost
  • Rhymes: -oʃt

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps from an unattested stem + -t (noun-forming suffix).[1]

Noun

rost (plural rostok)

  1. fiber
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative rost rostok
accusative rostot rostokat
dative rostnak rostoknak
instrumental rosttal rostokkal
causal-final rostért rostokért
translative rosttá rostokká
terminative rostig rostokig
essive-formal rostként rostokként
essive-modal — —
inessive rostban rostokban
superessive roston rostokon
adessive rostnál rostoknál
illative rostba rostokba
sublative rostra rostokra
allative rosthoz rostokhoz
elative rostból rostokból
delative rostról rostokról
ablative rosttól rostoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 rosté rostoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 rostéi rostokéi
Possessive forms of rost
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rostom rostjaim
2nd person sing. rostod rostjaid
3rd person sing. rostja rostjai
1st person plural rostunk rostjaink
2nd person plural rostotok rostjaitok
3rd person plural rostjuk rostjaik

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German, more specifically from Bavarian. Compare Rost (“grill”).[1]

Noun

rost (plural rostok)

  1. grill (grid of metal to roast food on)
    Synonyms: rostély, vasrács
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative rost rostok
accusative rostot rostokat
dative rostnak rostoknak
instrumental rosttal rostokkal
causal-final rostért rostokért
translative rosttá rostokká
terminative rostig rostokig
essive-formal rostként rostokként
essive-modal — —
inessive rostban rostokban
superessive roston rostokon
adessive rostnál rostoknál
illative rostba rostokba
sublative rostra rostokra
allative rosthoz rostokhoz
elative rostból rostokból
delative rostról rostokról
ablative rosttól rostoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 rosté rostoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 rostéi rostokéi
Possessive forms of rost
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rostom rostjaim
2nd person sing. rostod rostjaid
3rd person sing. rostja rostjai
1st person plural rostunk rostjaink
2nd person plural rostotok rostjaitok
3rd person plural rostjuk rostjaik

References
  1. rost in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading
  • (fiber): rost in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (grill): rost in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Lombard

Etymology

From Old French rostir, of West Germanic origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔʃt/

Noun

rost m (invariable)

  1. roast

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [rɔst]

Verb

rost

  1. supine of rosć

Middle English

Noun

rost

  1. Alternative form of roste (“roast”)

Noun

rost

  1. Alternative form of rust

Verb

rost

  1. Alternative form of rosten (“to roast”)

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *orstъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rɔst/
  • Rhymes: -ɔst
  • Syllabification: rost

Noun

rost m inan

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of wzrost

Declension
Declension of rost
singular plural
nominative rost rosty
genitive rostu rostów
dative rostowi rostom
accusative rost rosty
instrumental rostem rostami
locative roście rostach
vocative roście rosty
nouns

Further reading
  • rost in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rost in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin rōstrum. Compare Aromanian arostu. Compare also related meanings in Albanian rast.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Noun

rost n (plural rosturi)

  1. order
  2. sense, meaning
  3. purpose, aim
  4. justification
  5. job
  6. (obsolete) mouth
  7. (obsolete) the faculty of speaking, speech

Declension
Declension of rost
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) rost rostul (niște) rosturi rosturile
genitive/dative (unui) rost rostului (unor) rosturi rosturilor
vocative rostule rosturilor

Synonyms

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish rost, from Old Norse *rustr, from Proto-Germanic *rustaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

Noun

rost c

  1. (uncountable) rust
  2. a gridiron, a grill

Declension
Declension of rost 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rost rosten rostar rostarna
Genitive rosts rostens rostars rostarnas

Anagrams
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