de gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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”)
   • 1830, Charles Rogier (1800–1885) d'après des documents inédits, Volume 1 - Ernest Charles Joseph Discailles

     ...extraordinaire le courage qu'il a eu de lire cinq fois Ducis — De gustibus et coloribus non disputandum (in Latin)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1880, T. Merkel, Der französische Wortton (in English):

     Every one must judge for himself, when it is a matter of taste or appreciation: de gustibus et coloribus non disputandum; the same may be said of accent.

   • 1882, Monthly notes of the Library Association of the United Kingdom (in English):

     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)