taster

English

Etymology

From Middle English taster; equivalent to taste +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teɪstɚ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪstə(ɹ)

Noun

taster (plural tasters)

  1. An object in which, or by which, food or drink is tasted, such as a small cup.
    A flight of tasters was served to the people who would vote on the next soda flavor to be released.
  2. Someone who tastes something; especially, either (1) to check its quality (in food science, winemaking, etc.) or (2) as a security measure to prevent assassination of a protectee.
    Hypernym: tester
    Big companies such as P&G or Kraft Heinz employ or contract with professional tasters who help with product development.
    Being a cook for protectees also entails being a taster for them.
  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 Kraft Heinz exhibit at the trade fair was a taster of new snack products set to hit the market soon.
    The Samsung exhibit at the trade fair was a taster of new consumer electronic products set to hit the market soon.
  5. A person who is, by genetic makeup, able to taste phenylthiocarbamide.
    Antonym: nontaster

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Danish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

taster

  1. indefinite plural of tast

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

taster

  1. present of taste

Middle French

Etymology

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

Verb

taster

  1. to grope; to feel, touch
  2. to taste

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of taster
infinitive simple taster
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple tastant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle tasté
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present taste tastes taste tastons tastez tastent
imperfect tastois, tastoys tastois, tastoys tastoit, tastoyt tastions, tastyons tastiez, tastyez tastoient, tastoyent
past historic tasta tastas tasta tastasmes tastastes tasterent
future tasterai, tasteray tasteras tastera tasterons tasterez tasteront
conditional tasterois, tasteroys tasterois, tasteroys tasteroit, tasteroyt tasterions, tasteryons tasteriez, tasteryez tasteroient, tasteroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present taste tastes taste tastons tastez tastent
imperfect tastasse tastasses tastast tastassions tastassiez tastassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — taste — tastons tastez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Derived terms

  • tasteur
  • tastonner

Descendants

  • French: tâter

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, 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 gerund of avoir + 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 present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— taste — tastons tastez —

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