goût
French
Alternative forms
- gout (1990 spelling reform)
Etymology
From Middle French goust, from Old French goust, from Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡu/
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Noun
goût m (plural goûts)
- taste, flavour
- C'est un goût subtil.
- It's a subtle taste.
- taste, discrimination
- Ils ont le même goût musical.
- They have the same taste in music.
- Nous avons des activités pour tous les goûts.
- We have activities for all tastes.
- taste (sense)
- La langue est l'organe du goût.
- The tongue is the organ of taste.
- appetite
- Le malade ne trouvait goût à rien.
- The patient didn't have any appetite. (literally: The patient didn't find an appetite for anything.)
Related terms
Descendants
- Vietnamese: gu
Further reading
- “goût” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
From Old French goust, from Latin gustus.
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