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proost.

cheers (toast when drinking)

6 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

intj/proːst/
  1. cheers (toast when drinking)

  2. bless you (response to sneezing)

    Netherlands
Where this word comes from

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.).

noun/proːst/
  1. provost

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch proost, from provest, from Old French provost.

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