gaume
See also: gaumē
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German goumen, from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną (“to heed, notice, observe, keep”). Cognate with Old English ġȳman, Icelandic geyma, Norwegian gjømme, Swedish gömma, Danish gemme, Faroese geymi.
Verb
gaume
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 29.
Latvian
Alternative forms
- (dialectal form) gauma
Etymology
A borrowing from some Germanic language (cf. Old Norse gaum (“attention”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, “to notice, to observe”)), first mentioned in 18th-century dictionaries with the meaning of “attention,” a meaning attested dialectally still in the 1870s. The present meaning probably arose via the idea of “attention (to details);” by the end of the 19th century, it had become the standard meaning for this word.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
gaume f (5th declension)
- taste (aesthetic and cultural discernment, the sense of what is aesthetically or culturally better)
- laba gaume ― good taste
- ģērbties ar gaumi ― to dress with taste
- izkopt muzikālo gaumi ― to cultivate musical taste
- lēta, slikta gaume ― cheap, poor taste
- mākslinieka gaumi vispirms nosaka prasme atšķirt labu darbu no slikta ― an artist's taste is first of all expressed (as the) capacity to distinguish good work from bad
- taste (someone's individual preferences)
- tāds darbs ir viņa gaumē ― such work is in his taste
- nē, tādas izpriecas nav manā gaumē ― no, this kind of pastime, entertainment is not in my taste
- plašā piedāvājumā: telpaugi dažādām gaumēm! ― wide selection of house plants for every taste!
- cik vīriešu, tik gaumju ― (there are) as many preferences as (there are) men
- style, cuisine (following a certain recipe or culinary tradition)
- ēdiens poļu gaumē ― food in Polish taste (= style, i.e., following Polish recipes, tradition)
- pirmo reizi atkal pēc ilgāka laika bija iespējams kārtīgi paēst un pie tam izslavētas vācu gaumē pagatavotās siļķu kotletes ― for the first time again after a long time it was possible to eat well, in fact the celebrated herring meatballs, prepared in the German style (lit. taste)
Declension
Declension of gaume (5th declension)
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “gaume”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Middle English
Noun
gaume
- Alternative form of game
Yola
Noun
gaume
- Alternative form of gaame
- 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR:
- F. naume, taale, gaume.
- E. name, tale, game.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 13
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