tâter
- to feel (touch lightly, to sense consistency or temperature)
- to get a feel for
- (obsolete, slang) to go to see someone
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ta.te/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French taster, from Vulgar Latin *tastāre, contraction of *taxitō, frequentative of Late Latin taxāre (“touch repeatedly”), from Latin taxus. Compare English taste.
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