taster

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

Translations

That in which, or by which, anything is tasted

Person who tastes wine etc.

Arabic: مُتَذَوِّق‎ m (mutaḏawwiq) French: goûteur (fr) m, goûteuse (fr) f Galician: catador (gl)

Hungarian: kóstoló (hu) Irish: blastóir m

Anagrams

• Satter, Strate, Treats, at rest, atters, ratest, stater, tarest, taters, tetras, treats

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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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

taster m

1. indefinite plural of tast

Verb

taster

1. present of taste

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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	—

Synonyms

• (to hit, to strike): ferir, fraper

Descendants

• English: taste (borrowed)
• French: tâter

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (taster)