savourer

English

Alternative forms

• savorer (US)

Etymology

savour +‎ -er.

Noun

savourer (plural savourers)

1. One who savours or smacks of something; one who favours or takes pleasure in something.

References

• “savourer”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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French

Etymology

From Old French savourer, from savour. Compare with the noun saveur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.vu.ʁe/

• Audio:

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Verb

savourer

1. to savour, to savor
2. to taste

Conjugation

Conjugation of savourer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	savourer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	savourant /sa.vu.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		savouré /sa.vu.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	savoure /sa.vuʁ/	savoures /sa.vuʁ/	savoure /sa.vuʁ/	savourons /sa.vu.ʁɔ̃/	savourez /sa.vu.ʁe/	savourent /sa.vuʁ/
	imperfect	savourais /sa.vu.ʁɛ/	savourais /sa.vu.ʁɛ/	savourait /sa.vu.ʁɛ/	savourions /sa.vu.ʁjɔ̃/	savouriez /sa.vu.ʁje/	savouraient /sa.vu.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	savourai /sa.vu.ʁe/	savouras /sa.vu.ʁa/	savoura /sa.vu.ʁa/	savourâmes /sa.vu.ʁam/	savourâtes /sa.vu.ʁat/	savourèrent /sa.vu.ʁɛʁ/
	future	savourerai /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁe/	savoureras /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁa/	savourera /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁa/	savourerons /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	savourerez /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁe/	savoureront /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	savourerais /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁɛ/	savourerais /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁɛ/	savourerait /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁɛ/	savourerions /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	savoureriez /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁje/	savoureraient /sa.vu.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(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	savoure /sa.vuʁ/	savoures /sa.vuʁ/	savoure /sa.vuʁ/	savourions /sa.vu.ʁjɔ̃/	savouriez /sa.vu.ʁje/	savourent /sa.vuʁ/
	imperfect2	savourasse /sa.vu.ʁas/	savourasses /sa.vu.ʁas/	savourât /sa.vu.ʁa/	savourassions /sa.vu.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	savourassiez /sa.vu.ʁa.sje/	savourassent /sa.vu.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	savoure /sa.vuʁ/	—	savourons /sa.vu.ʁɔ̃/	savourez /sa.vu.ʁe/	—
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).

Further reading

• “savourer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ouvreras

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Old French

Etymology

From savour.

Verb

savourer

1. to give taste (to)
   • Au semer des melons, aucuns ajoustent les bonnes senteurs et liqueurs pour en odorer et savourer le fruit. Olivier de Serres

Descendants

• English: savour, savor
• French: savourer