de gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdeː ˈɡʊs.tɪ.bʊs ˈɛt kɔˈɫoː.rɪ.bʊs ˈnoːn ˈɛst dɪs.pʊˈtan.dũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː ˈɡus.ti.bus ˈɛt koˈlɔː.ri.bus ˈnɔn ˈɛst dis.puˈtan.dum]

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)