goûter
French
verb
Definitions
- to taste, to try to sample something orally
- (Belgium) to taste like
- (figurative) to approve, to appreciate
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French gouster inherited from Old French goster inherited from Latin gustāre (taste).
Origin
Latin
gustāre
Gloss
taste
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gustāre Latin
- gustāre, guster, gustō Latin
- gustō Latin
- goutieren German
- gustare Italian
- dégoûter French
- gustar Spanish, Castilian
- goster Old French
- gouster Old French
- gusta Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- gouôter Norman
- gouster Middle French
- gostar Old Portuguese
- gustâ Friulian
- gouté Louisiana Creole French
- gôtar Franco-Provençal