goûter — meaning in English
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English meaning
- nuncheon noun A drink or light snack taken in the afternoon; a refreshment between meals.
- sample noun A small portion of something given or shown to represent the whole.
- snack noun A small amount of food eaten between main meals.
- taste noun The sensation produced when food or drink is detected by the tongue, or the ability to perceive it.
- tea noun The dried leaves of the tea plant, or the hot drink made by steeping them in water.
- try verb To make an attempt at doing something.
- undern noun Synonym of terce: the third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
Senses
goûter is used for these senses in English:
- afternoon tea (Australia, NZ, Hong Kong) A small meal or snack eaten between lunch and dinner (supper); a period of time set aside for this purpose, taken as a break from work or from a conference.
- nuncheon (now, _, dialectal, archaic) A drink or light snack taken in the afternoon; a refreshment between meals.
- sample (transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of.
- snack A light meal.
- taste (intransitive, copulative) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
- tea (uncountable, UK) A light midafternoon meal, typically but not necessarily including tea.
- try To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
- undern (UK, dialectal) A light meal, particularly in the afternoon. [from 17th c.]
sample — full definition
- noun A small portion of something given or shown to represent the whole.
- noun A subset of a population studied in order to draw conclusions about the whole group.
- noun A short clip of one recording reused inside another piece of music.
- verb To try or test a small amount of something.
- verb To take a short recording from an existing piece of music and reuse it in a new one.