rostir

Via Old French rostir (“to roast”) from Frankish *rōstjan (“to roast”), from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *reus- (“to crackle, roast”). Compare Spanish rostir, French rôtir and Italian arrostire.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rusˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [rosˈtiɾ]

rostir (first-person singular present rosteixo, first-person singular preterite rostí, past participle rostit)

1. to roast
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to turn brown due to frost damage (of vegetation)

• rostisseria

• “rostir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

rostir

1. Alternative form of roustir

From Frankish *rōstjan (“to roast”), from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *reus- (“to crackle, roast”).

• IPA^(key): /rusˈti/

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rostir (transitive)

1. to roast

From Frankish *rōstjan (“to roast”), from Proto-West Germanic *raustijan (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *reus- (“to crasckle, roast”). Cognate with Old High German rōsten (“to roast”), Middle Dutch roosten (“to roast”). More at roast.

rostir

1. to roast (specifically, to cook on an open fire)
2. to torture by subjecting to fire

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• English: roast
• French: rôtir
• → Galician: rustrir

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (rostir, supplement)
• Etymology and history of “rôtir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Old French rostir, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hraustjan, *rōstjan (“to roast”), from Proto-West Germanic *raustijan, see also Old High German rôsten (modern German rösten).

rostir (first-person singular present rosto, first-person singular preterite rostí, past participle rostido)

1. to roast

• “rostir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Old French rostir, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hraustjan, *rōstjan (“to roast”), from Proto-West Germanic *raustijan. Compare Italian arrostire; also Old High German rôsten (modern German rösten).

rostir

1. (transitive) to roast

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.