🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

tostatura

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tos-ta-ˈtu-ra

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Roasting/ˈroʊ.stɪŋ/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La tostatura del caffè determina il suo sapore finale."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The process of cooking food, especially coffee beans or meat, by exposure to direct heat, typically in an oven or over an open fire.

    "The rich aroma of coffee bean roasting filled the entire neighborhood."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Extremely hot; baking.

    "It was a roasting summer afternoon in the city."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'rosten', ultimately from Old French 'rostir' of Germanic origin related to the Germanic base meaning 'to gridiron or roast'. In the context of coffee (café roasting), it refers to the thermal processing of green coffee beans to develop flavor and aroma, a practice that gained widespread industrial importance during the 19th and 20th centuries.

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