taster
English
Etymology
From Middle English taster; equivalent to taste + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
taster (plural tasters)
- An object in which, or by which, food or drink is tasted, for example a dram cup
- Someone who tastes something, especially food, wine etc., for quality.
- 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Sixth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
- Thy tutor be thy taster, ere thou eat
- (zoology) A kind of zooid situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophorae, resembling the feeding zooids, but destitute of mouths.
- A sample of something bigger or grander intended for future use
- The exhibition was a taster of products set to hit the market.
- A person who is, by genetic makeup, able to taste phenylthiocarbamide
Translations
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Anagrams
- Rattes, Satter, Strate, Treats, at rest, atters, ratest, rattes, stater, tarest, taters, tetras, treats
Danish
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
taster
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
taster
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French taster, from a late Vulgar Latin *tastāre, from contraction of *taxitāre, iterative of Late Latin taxāre, present active infinitive of taxō, from Classical Latin tangō (“I touch”). Compare Catalan and Occitan tastar, Italian tastare.
Verb
taster
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | simple | taster | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | tastant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | tasté | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | taste | tastes | taste | tastons | tastez | tastent |
imperfect | tastois, tastoys | tastois, tastoys | tastoit, tastoyt | tastions, tastyons | tastiez, tastyez | tastoient, tastoyent | |
past historic | tasta | tastas | tasta | tastasmes | tastastes | tasterent | |
future | tasterai, tasteray | tasteras | tastera | tasterons | tasterez | tasteront | |
conditional | tasterois, tasteroys | tasterois, tasteroys | tasteroit, tasteroyt | tasterions, tasteryons | tasteriez, tasteryez | tasteroient, tasteroyent | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | taste | tastes | taste | tastons | tastez | tastent |
imperfect | tastasse | tastasses | tastast | tastassions | tastassiez | tastassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | taste | — | tastons | tastez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). |
Derived terms
Descendants
- French: tâter
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
taster m
- indefinite plural of tast
Verb
taster
Old French
Etymology
From a late Vulgar Latin *tastāre, from contraction of *taxitāre, iterative of Late Latin taxāre, present active infinitive of taxō, from Classical Latin tangō (“I touch”). Compare Catalan and Occitan tastar, Italian tastare.
Verb
taster
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | taster | avoir tasté | |||||
gerund | en tastant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | tastant | ||||||
past participle | tasté | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | tast | tastes | taste | tastons | tastez | tastent |
imperfect | tastoie, tasteie, tastoe, tasteve | tastoies, tasteies, tastoes, tasteves | tastoit, tasteit, tastot, tasteve | tastiiens, tastiens | tastiiez, tastiez | tastoient, tasteient, tastoent, tastevent | |
preterite | tastai | tastas | tasta | tastames | tastastes | tasterent | |
future | tasterai | tasteras | tastera | tasterons | tasteroiz, tastereiz, tasterez | tasteront | |
conditional | tasteroie, tastereie | tasteroies, tastereies | tasteroit, tastereit | tasteriiens, tasteriens | tasteriiez, tasteriez | tasteroient, tastereient | |
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 | tast | taz | tast | tastons | tastez | tastent |
imperfect | tastasse | tastasses | tastast | tastissons, tastissiens | tastissoiz, tastissez, tastissiez | tastassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | taste | — | tastons | tastez | — |
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (taster)
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