# prost
## Basque
### Etymology

Borrowed from German prost.

### Interjection

prost
* cheers (toast when drinking alcohol)
** 2002, Felipe Juaristi, Itzarri nahi ez zuen printzesa, Alberdania, →ISBN, page 160:Prost! Sarjentuak dantzara atera zuen Justina, eta neskatxak onartu.Cheers! The sergeant asked Justina to dance, and the girl accepted.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈprost]

### Adjective

prost
* masculine singular nominal predicative of prostý — free (of something), void
    Byl zcela prost jakýchkoliv ambicí.He was totally free of any ambitions.

#### Synonyms

* oproštěn

#### Related terms

* prosta
* prosti
* prosto

## German
### Alternative forms

* prosit (dated)

### Etymology

Contraction (early 18th c.) of prosit (16th c.), from Latin prōsit (“may it be beneficial”). Originally used as a blessing in various contexts, e.g. as a response to sneezing. Remnants of such freer use are prost Mahlzeit and prost Neujahr. Compare Dutch proost.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʁoːst/
* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

prost!
* cheers (the usual toast when drinking alcohol)
    Synonyms: (formal) zum Wohl, (familiar) Stößchen

#### Derived terms

* prost Mahlzeit
* prost Neujahr
* prosten
* zuprosten

### See also

* anstoßen

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse prófasti, prófastr, from Low German [Term?], from Latin propositus, from praepositus.

### Noun

prost m (definite singular prosten, indefinite plural proster, definite plural prostene)
* a dean

#### Related terms

* prosti

### References

* “prost” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse prófasti, prófastr, from Low German [Term?], from Latin propositus, from praepositus.

### Noun

prost m (definite singular prosten, indefinite plural prostar, definite plural prostane)
* a dean

#### Related terms

* prosti

### References

* “prost” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Plautdietsch
### Adjective

prost
* offensive, in bad taste, in poor taste

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic простъ (prostŭ), from Proto-Slavic *prostъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prost/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

prost m or n (feminine singular proastă, masculine plural proști, feminine and neuter plural proaste)
* simple, simple-minded
* stupid
* poor (of low quality)

#### Synonyms

* idiot, tâmpit

### Adverb

prost
* poorly, badly
    Synonym: rău

### Noun

prost m (plural proști, feminine equivalent proastă)
* fool, idiot

#### Related terms

* prosti
* prostie

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prostъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prôst/

### Adjective

prȍst (Cyrillic spelling про̏ст, definite prȍstī, comparative prostiji)
* common, plain, vulgar, ignoble
* simple, easy, uncomplicated
* crude, uncivil, impolite, vulgar
* (mathematics) prime

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *prostъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prɔ́st/

### Adjective

prȍst (not comparable)
* free (without restrain, bounds)

#### Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

### Further reading

* “prost”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

Via German Propst and/or Middle Low German prōvest from Latin prōpositus.

### Noun

prost c
* provost: an honorific title for a priest, awarded by the bishop

#### Related terms

* domprost
* kontraktsprost
* prosteri
* prostgård
* prostinna

### References

* prost in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

### Anagrams

* ports, sport, sport., torps