proost

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /proːst/
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  • Hyphenation: proost
  • Rhymes: -oːst

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin prōsit. The contracted form is first attested in 1880; possibly a belated attestation of an informal/dialectal pronunciation, otherwise from German prost (early 18th c.).

Interjection

proost

  1. cheers (toast when drinking)
    Synonyms: santé, (Belgium) tsjin tsjin
Usage notes

More common in the Netherlands; in Belgium, it would come over as quite formal.

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch proost, from provest, from Old French provost. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

proost m (plural proosten, diminutive proostje n)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) provost
Derived terms
  • provoost

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