taster

English

Etymology

to taste + -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪstə(ɹ)

Noun

taster (plural tasters)

1. That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.
2. One who tastes anything, especially food, wine etc., for quality.
   • Dryden

     Thy tutor be thy taster, ere thou eat.

3. (zoology) A kind of zooid situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora, resembling the feeding zooids, but destitute of mouths.

Translations

That in which, or by which, anything is tasted

Person who tastes wine etc.

• French: goûteur (fr) m, goûteuse (fr) f

• Hungarian: kóstoló (hu)

Anagrams

• at rest, atters, stater, taters, tetras, treats

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Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin taxitāre, diminutive of Late Latin taxāre, present active infinitive of taxō, from Classical Latin tangō (“I touch”). Compare Catalan and Occitan tastar, Italian tastare.

Verb

taster

1. to touch
2. to hit; to strike

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		taster			avoir tasté, tastez
gerund		en tastant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		tastant
past participle		tasté, tastez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	taste, tast	tastes, tasts	taste, tast	tastons	tastez, tastés	tastent
	imperfect	tastoe, tasteie, tastoie	tastoes, tasteies, tastoies	tastot, tasteit, tastoit	tastions, tastiions	tastiez, tastiiez	tastoent, tastient, tastoient
	past historic	tastai	tastas	tasta	tastames	tastastes	tasterent
	future	tasterai	tasteras	tastera	tasterons	tasterez, tastereiz	tasteront
	conditional	tasteroe, tastereie, tasteroie	tasteroes, tastereies, tasteroies	tasterot, tastereie, tasteroie	tasterions, tasteriions	tasteriez, tasteriiez	tasteroent, tastereient, tasteroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	taste, tast	tastes, tasts	taste, tast	tastons	tastez	tastent
	imperfect	tastasse	tastasses	tastast	tastissons	tastissez, tastissiez	tastassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	taste	—	tastons	tastez	—

Synonyms

• (to hit, to strike): ferir, fraper

Descendants

• English: taste (borrowed)
• French: tâter

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881)