Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Taster
Tast′er
(tāst′ẽr)
, Noun.
1.
One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its quality.
Thy tutor be thy
taster
, ere thou eat. Dryden.
2.
That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.
3.
(Zool.)
One of a peculiar kind of zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See
Siphonophora
. Webster 1828 Edition
Taster
TASTER
,Noun.
1.
One who first tastes food or liquor. Thy tutor be thy taster, e'er thou eat.
2.
A dram cup.Definition 2024
taster
taster
English
Noun
taster (plural tasters)
- An object in which, or by which, food or drink is tasted, for example a dram cup
- Someone who tastes something, especially food, wine etc., for quality.
- Dryden
- Thy tutor be thy taster, ere thou eat.
- Dryden
- (zoology) A kind of zooid situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora, resembling the feeding zooids, but destitute of mouths.
- A sample of something bigger or grander intended for future use
- The exhibition was a taster of products set to hit the market.
- 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.
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology 1
Non-lemma forms.
Noun
taster
- plural indefinite of tast
Etymology 2
Non-lemma forms.
Verb
taster
- present tense of taste
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin taxitāre, diminutive of Late Latin taxāre, present active infinitive of taxō, from Classical Latin tangō (“I touch”). Compare Catalan and Occitan tastar, Italian tastare.
Verb
taster
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
Descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (taster)