See also: gouter

French edit

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French gouster, from Old French goster, inherited from Latin gustāre. Compare the borrowed prefixed verb déguster.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡu.te/
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Verb edit

goûter

  1. to taste, to try (to sample something orally)
    Synonym: déguster
    Je goûterai ta tarte demain car j’ai goûté un fameux tiramisu tout à l’heure.
    I will taste your pie tomorrow, since I have just tasted an excellent tiramisu.
  2. (Belgium, Quebec) to taste like
    Cette tarte goûte la cannelle.This pie tastes like cinnamon.
  3. (figurative) to approve, to appreciate
    Le public goûte peu ces sortes d’ouvrages.
    The public has little taste for these sorts of works.
    Après tant de troubles le pays goûtait un calme profond.
    After so much unrest, the country enjoyed a period of profound calm.
    • 1857, Phillippe Athanase Cucheval-Clarigny, Histoire de la presse en Angleterre et aux États-Unis, page 472:
      Réunies en volumes, ces lettres ont été goûtées en Angleterre presque autant qu’aux États-Unis, et ont eu plusieurs éditions.
      Collected in volumes, these letters were appreciated in England almost as much as they were in the US, and several editions were published.

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  • German: goutieren

Noun edit

goûter m (plural goûters)

  1. nuncheon
  2. (France) meal similar to breakfast taken around 4 P.M
    Synonym: quatre-heures

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