goûter

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. (figuratively) 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)
present participle goûtant
/ɡu.tɑ̃/
past participle goûté
/ɡu.te/
infinitive
simple goûter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple goûtant
/ɡu.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

goûter m (plural goûters)

  1. nuncheon
  2. (France) meal similar to breakfast taken around 4 P.M.

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