de gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː ˈɡus.ti.bus et koˈloː.ri.bus noːn est dis.puˈtan.dum/, [d̪eː ˈɡʊs̠t̪ɪbʊs̠ ɛt̪ kɔˈɫ̪oːrɪbʊs̠ noːn ɛs̠t̪ d̪ɪs̠pʊˈt̪än̪d̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de ˈɡus.ti.bus et koˈlo.ri.bus non est dis.puˈtan.dum/, [d̪ɛː ˈɡust̪ibus ɛt̪ koˈlɔːribus nɔn ɛst̪ d̪ispuˈt̪än̪d̪um]

Proverb

dē gustibus et colōribus nōn est disputandum

1. Alternative form of dē gustibus nōn est disputandum (“there's no accounting for taste”)
   • 1883, Monthly Notes Of The Library Association of the United Kingdom, volume 4, number 2 (in English), page 40:

     De gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum—certainly not with a lady. We shall be glad to know, however, if the opinion of our fair and candid correspondent is generally shared.—Ed.

Descendants

• → French: des goûts et des couleurs, on ne discute pas (calque)