déguster

See also: deguster

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēgustāre. Compare the inherited unprefixed verb goûter, as well as dégoûter (which had a different prefix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.ɡys.te/
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Verb

déguster

  1. to try, to taste (food or drink)
  2. to savor, to relish something
  3. (colloquial) to withstand
  4. (intransitive, colloquial) to suffer
    • 2016, Jacques Tardi, Dominique Grange, Le dernier assaut, Bruxelles, Paris: Casterman, →ISBN, page 16:
      Le sang noir doit épargner le sang blanc… Aaa… Putain ! Je déguste, merde !
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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