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Rost

Rost

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Noun.
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Roust
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[Scot.]
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Rost

Rost

See also: rost, róst, ròst, rôt, röst, and Røst

German

Noun

Rost m (genitive Rostes, no plural)

  1. rust (oxidated metal)
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Etymology 2

From Middle High German rōst, from Old High German rōst. Related with Dutch rooster, English roast.

Noun

Rost m (genitive Rostes, plural Roste)

  1. grid (number of parallel staffs)
  2. (usually) grill (grid of metal to roast food on)
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rost

rost

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

English

Noun

rost (plural rosts)

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

Noun

rost m

  1. roasted meat

Catalan

Adjective

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

  1. steep

Noun

rost m (plural rosts or rostos)

  1. a steep slope

Danish

Verb

rost

  1. past participle of rose

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔst

Adjective

rost

  1. Superlative form of ros

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈroʃt]
  • Hyphenation: rost

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
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

Lombard

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔʃt/

Noun

rost m (invariable)

  1. roast

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rɔst]

Verb

rost

  1. supine of rosć

Romanian

Etymology

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

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

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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

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

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