taster

English
A wine taster.

Etymology

taste +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /teɪstɚ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪstə(ɹ)

Noun

taster (plural tasters)

  1. An object in which, or by which, food or drink is tasted, for example a dram cup
  2. Someone who tastes something, especially food, wine etc., for quality.
    • Dryden
      Thy tutor be thy taster, ere thou eat.
  3. (zoology) A kind of zooid situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophorae, resembling the feeding zooids, but destitute of mouths.
  4. A sample of something bigger or grander intended for future use
    The exhibition was a taster of products set to hit the market.
  5. A person who is, by genetic makeup, able to taste phenylthiocarbamide

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Danish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

taster

  1. indefinite plural of tast

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

taster

  1. present of taste

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

taster m

  1. indefinite plural of tast

Verb

taster

  1. present of taste

Old French

Etymology

From a late Vulgar Latin *tastāre, from contraction of *taxitāre, iterative of Late Latin taxāre, present active infinitive of taxō, from Classical Latin tangō (“I touch”). Compare Catalan and Occitan tastar, Italian tastare.

Verb

taster

  1. to taste
  2. to touch
  3. to hit; to strike

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of taster (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive taster avoir tasté
gerund en tastant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle tastant
past participle tasté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present tast tastes taste tastons tastez tastent
imperfect tastoie, tasteie, tastoe, tasteve tastoies, tasteies, tastoes, tasteves tastoit, tasteit, tastot, tasteve tastiiens, tastiens tastiiez, tastiez tastoient, tasteient, tastoent, tastevent
preterite tastai tastas tasta tastames tastastes tasterent
future tasterai tasteras tastera tasterons tasteroiz, tastereiz, tasterez tasteront
conditional tasteroie, tastereie tasteroies, tastereies tasteroit, tastereit tasteriiens, tasteriens tasteriiez, tasteriez tasteroient, tastereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present tast taz tast tastons tastez tastent
imperfect tastasse tastasses tastast tastissons, tastissiens tastissoiz, tastissez, tastissiez tastassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— taste — tastons tastez —

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