déguster

Meaning

  1. to try, to taste (food or drink)
  2. to savor, to relish something
  3. (colloquial) to withstand
  4. (colloquial, intransitive) to suffer

Frequency

23k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.ɡys.te/
Etymology

In summary

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

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