# rosta
## Breton
### Etymology

From rost.

### Verb

rosta
* to roast

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈrɔs.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈrɔs.ta]

#### Adjective

rosta
* feminine singular of rost

### Etymology 2

Perhaps related to rostir.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈros.tə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈrɔs.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈrɔs.ta]

#### Noun

rosta f (plural rostes)
* fried bacon
* fried bread
* (in the plural) rillettes

##### Derived terms

* rostada
* rosta de Santa Teresa

### Further reading

* “rosta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “rosta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrosta]
* Rhymes: -osta
* Hyphenation: ro‧s‧ta

### Verb

rosta
* masculine singular present transgressive of růst

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian rešeto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈroʃtɒ]
* Hyphenation: ros‧ta
* Rhymes: -tɒ

### Noun

rosta (plural rosták)
* riddle, sifter, sieve (a device to separate larger objects from smaller objects)
* screening (the process of filtering out the less acceptable quality from something)

#### Synonyms

* (sieve): szita, szűrő
* (screening): selejtező, válogató, vizsga

#### Derived terms

* rostál
(Compound words):
* rostacsont

### References

* ↑ rosta 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

* rosta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Irish
### Etymology

From Middle English wrost, alternative form of wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɾˠosˠt̪ˠə/

### Noun

rosta m (genitive singular rosta, nominative plural rostaí)
* wrist

#### Synonyms

* caol láimhe, caol na láimhe

### Further reading

* “rosta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rosta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Italian
### Etymology

From Lombardic *hrousta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɔ.sta/
* Rhymes: -ɔsta
* Hyphenation: rò‧sta

### Noun

rosta f (plural roste)
* a bundle of twigs used as a fan (especially to drive away flies)
* a tangle of foliage that hinders the way

#### Derived terms

* arrostare

### Further reading

* rosta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* -astro, Tarso, astro, astro-, sarto, sorta, staro, starò, tarso

## Spanish
### Verb

rosta
* inflection of rostir:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Swedish
### Etymology

rost (“1. rust; 2. gridiron, grill”) +‎ -a

### Verb

rosta (present rostar, preterite rostade, supine rostat, imperative rosta)
* to rust
* to heat without fat or water; to roast, to toast
    rostat brödtoasted bread (toast)

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Related terms

* rostning

### Anagrams

* astro-, ostar, roats, stora, trosa

## Venetan
### Etymology

Compare Italian roggia

### Noun

rosta f (plural roste)
* sluice, weir (or similar artificial canal etc.)