proost

• IPA^(key): /proːst/

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• Hyphenation: proost
• Rhymes: -oːst

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.).

proost

1. cheers (toast when drinking)

   Synonyms: santé, (Belgium) tsjin tsjin

2. (Netherlands) bless you (response to sneezing)

   Synonym: gezondheid

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

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.

proost m (plural proosten, diminutive proostje n)

1. (Roman Catholicism) provost

• domproost
• proosdij

• provoost

• sproot, stroop