goûter

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See also: gouter

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle French gouster, from Old French goster, inherited from Latin gustāre, present active infinitive of gustō. Compare the borrowed prefixed verb déguster.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡu.te/
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Verb

goûter

  1. to taste, to try (to sample something orally)
    Synonym: déguster
    Je goûterai ta tarte demain car j’ai goûté un fameux tiramisu tout à l’heure.
    I will taste your pie tomorrow, since I have just tasted a famous tiramisu.
  2. (Belgium, Quebec) to taste like
    Cette tarte goûte la cannelle. ― This pie tastes like cinnamon.
  3. (figurative) to approve, to appreciate
    Le public goûte peu ces sortes d’ouvrages.
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    Après tant de troubles le pays goûtait un calme profond.
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Conjugation

Conjugation of goûter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple goûter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple goûtant
/ɡu.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle goûté
/ɡu.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present goûte
/ɡut/ 		goûtes
/ɡut/ 		goûte
/ɡut/ 		goûtons
/ɡu.tɔ̃/ 		goûtez
/ɡu.te/ 		goûtent
/ɡut/
imperfect goûtais
/ɡu.tɛ/ 		goûtais
/ɡu.tɛ/ 		goûtait
/ɡu.tɛ/ 		goûtions
/ɡu.tjɔ̃/ 		goûtiez
/ɡu.tje/ 		goûtaient
/ɡu.tɛ/
past historic2 goûtai
/ɡu.te/ 		goûtas
/ɡu.ta/ 		goûta
/ɡu.ta/ 		goûtâmes
/ɡu.tam/ 		goûtâtes
/ɡu.tat/ 		goûtèrent
/ɡu.tɛʁ/
future goûterai
/ɡu.tʁe/ 		goûteras
/ɡu.tʁa/ 		goûtera
/ɡu.tʁa/ 		goûterons
/ɡu.tʁɔ̃/ 		goûterez
/ɡu.tʁe/ 		goûteront
/ɡu.tʁɔ̃/
conditional goûterais
/ɡu.tʁɛ/ 		goûterais
/ɡu.tʁɛ/ 		goûterait
/ɡu.tʁɛ/ 		goûterions
/ɡu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		goûteriez
/ɡu.tə.ʁje/ 		goûteraient
/ɡu.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present goûte
/ɡut/ 		goûtes
/ɡut/ 		goûte
/ɡut/ 		goûtions
/ɡu.tjɔ̃/ 		goûtiez
/ɡu.tje/ 		goûtent
/ɡut/
imperfect2 goûtasse
/ɡu.tas/ 		goûtasses
/ɡu.tas/ 		goûtât
/ɡu.ta/ 		goûtassions
/ɡu.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		goûtassiez
/ɡu.ta.sje/ 		goûtassent
/ɡu.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — goûte
/ɡut/ 		— goûtons
/ɡu.tɔ̃/ 		goûtez
/ɡu.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → German: goutieren

Noun

goûter m (plural goûters)

  1. nuncheon
  2. (France) meal similar to breakfast taken around 4 P.M.
    Synonym: quatre-heures

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Anagrams

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