savourer

English

Alternative forms

• savorer (US)

Etymology

savour +‎ -er.

Noun

savourer (plural savourers)

1. One who savours or smacks of something; one who favours or takes pleasure in something.

References

• “savourer”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French savourer, from savour. Compare with the noun saveur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.vu.ʁe/

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Verb

savourer

1. to savour, to savor
2. to taste

Conjugation

Conjugation of savourer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	savourer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	savourant /sa.vu.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		savouré /sa.vu.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	savoure /sa.vuʁ/	savoures /sa.vuʁ/	savoure /sa.vuʁ/	savourons /sa.vu.ʁɔ̃/	savourez /sa.vu.ʁe/	savourent /sa.vuʁ/
	imperfect	savourais /sa.vu.ʁɛ/	savourais /sa.vu.ʁɛ/	savourait /sa.vu.ʁɛ/	savourions /sa.vu.ʁjɔ̃/	savouriez /sa.vu.ʁje/	savouraient /sa.vu.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	savourai /sa.vu.ʁe/	savouras /sa.vu.ʁa/	savoura /sa.vu.ʁa/	savourâmes /sa.vu.ʁam/	savourâtes /sa.vu.ʁat/	savourèrent /sa.vu.ʁɛʁ/
	future	savourerai /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁe/	savoureras /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁa/	savourera /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁa/	savourerons /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	savourerez /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁe/	savoureront /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	savourerais /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁɛ/	savourerais /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁɛ/	savourerait /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁɛ/	savourerions /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	savoureriez /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁje/	savoureraient /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	savoure /sa.vuʁ/	savoures /sa.vuʁ/	savoure /sa.vuʁ/	savourions /sa.vu.ʁjɔ̃/	savouriez /sa.vu.ʁje/	savourent /sa.vuʁ/
	imperfect2	savourasse /sa.vu.ʁas/	savourasses /sa.vu.ʁas/	savourât /sa.vu.ʁa/	savourassions /sa.vu.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	savourassiez /sa.vu.ʁa.sje/	savourassent /sa.vu.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	savoure /sa.vuʁ/	—	savourons /sa.vu.ʁɔ̃/	savourez /sa.vu.ʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “savourer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ouvreras

Old French

Etymology

From savour.

Verb

savourer

1. to give taste (to)
   • (Can we date this quote?), Olivier de Serres

     Au semer des melons, aucuns ajoustent les bonnes senteurs et liqueurs pour en odorer et savourer le fruit.

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Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem saveur distinct from the unstressed stem savour. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of savourer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		savourer			avoir savouré
gerund		en savourant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		savourant
past participle		savouré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	saveur	saveures	saveure	savourons	savourez	saveurent
	imperfect	savouroie, savoureie, savouroe, savoureve	savouroies, savoureies, savouroes, savoureves	savouroit, savoureit, savourot, savoureve	savouriiens, savouriens	savouriiez, savouriez	savouroient, savoureient, savouroent, savourevent
	preterite	savourai	savouras	savoura	savourames	savourastes	savourerent
	future	savourerai	savoureras	savourera	savourerons	savoureroiz, savourereiz, savourerez	savoureront
	conditional	savoureroie, savourereie	savoureroies, savourereies	savoureroit, savourereit	savoureriiens, savoureriens	savoureriiez, savoureriez	savoureroient, savourereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	saveur	saveurs	saveurt	savourons	savourez	saveurent
	imperfect	savourasse	savourasses	savourast	savourissons, savourissiens	savourissoiz, savourissez, savourissiez	savourassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	saveure	—	savourons	savourez	—

Descendants

• French: savourer
• → Middle English: savouren
  • English: savour, savor