savourer
English
Alternative forms
- savorer (US)
Etymology
savour + -er.
Noun
savourer (plural savourers)
- 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
French
Etymology
From Old French savourer, from savour. Compare with the noun saveur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.vu.ʁe/
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Verb
savourer
- to savour, to savor
- 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(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
Old French
Etymology
From savour.
Verb
savourer
- to give taste (to)
- (Can we date this quote?), Olivier de Serres
- Au semer des melons, aucuns ajoustent les bonnes senteurs et liqueurs pour en odorer et savourer le fruit.
- (Can we date this quote?), Olivier de Serres
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem saveur distinct from the unstressed stem savour. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of savourer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | savourer | avoir savouré | |||||
| gerund | en savourant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | savourant | ||||||
| past participle | savouré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | saveur | saveures | saveure | savourons | savourez | saveurent |
| imperfect | savouroie, savoureie, savouroe, savoureve | savouroies, savoureies, savouroes, savoureves | savouroit, savoureit, savourot, savoureve | savouriiens, savouriens | savouriiez, savouriez | savouroient, savoureient, savouroent, savourevent | |
| preterite | savourai | savouras | savoura | savourames | savourastes | savourerent | |
| future | savourerai | savoureras | savourera | savourerons | savoureroiz, savourereiz, savourerez | savoureront | |
| conditional | savoureroie, savourereie | savoureroies, savourereies | savoureroit, savourereit | savoureriiens, savoureriens | savoureriiez, savoureriez | savoureroient, savourereient | |
| 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 | saveur | saveurs | saveurt | savourons | savourez | saveurent |
| imperfect | savourasse | savourasses | savourast | savourissons, savourissiens | savourissoiz, savourissez, savourissiez | savourassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | saveure | — | savourons | savourez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: savourer
- → Middle English: savouren
- English: savour, savor