different between taster vs gaster

English

Etymology

taste +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te?st?/
• Rhymes: -e?st?(?)

Noun

taster (plural tasters)

1. An object in which, or by which, food or drink is tasted, for example a dram cup
2. Someone who tastes something, especially food, wine etc., for quality.

   • Thy tutor be thy taster, ere thou eat

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 exhibition was a taster of products set to hit the market.

5. A person who is, by genetic makeup, able to taste phenylthiocarbamide

Translations

Anagrams

• Rattes, Satter, Strate, Treats, at rest, atters, ratest, rattes, stater, tarest, taters, tetras, treats

Danish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

taster

1. indefinite plural of tast

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

taster

1. present of taste

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

taster m

1. indefinite plural of tast

Verb

taster

1. present of taste

Old French

Etymology

From a late Vulgar Latin *tast?re, from contraction of *taxit?re, iterative of Late Latin tax?re, present active infinitive of tax?, from Classical Latin tang? (“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.

Synonyms

• (to hit, to strike): ferir, fraper

Descendants

• ? English: taste
• French: tâter

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (taster)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gaster (“the belly”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??æ.st?/
• Rhymes: -æst?(?)

Noun

gaster (plural gasters)

1. (anatomy, rare) The stomach.
2. (entomology) The enlarged part of the abdomen behind the petiole in hymenopterous insects (such as ants).

Related terms

• gastric (adjective)

References

• “gaster”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• 'Gaters, Greats, Stager, Strega, grates, greats, ragest, retags, stager, targes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (gast?r, “a paunch, belly”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??as.ter/, [??äs?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /??as.ter/, [???st??r]

Noun

gaster f (variously declined, genitive gasteris or gastr?); third declension, second declension

1. The belly.

   Synonym: venter

2. A big bellied vessel.

Inflection

Third-declension noun or second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Derived terms

• digastricus

Descendants

? English: gaster

References

• gaster in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gaster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin vast?re, present active infinitive of vast?. The initial g is under the influence of Frankish *wuostjan, *wuastjan, itself from Latin vast? or from the same pre-Latin source.

Verb

gaster

1. to waste (not make good use of)
2. to destroy

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Synonyms

• (to destroy): destruire

Descendants

• French: gâter

Old French

Etymology

From Latin vast?re, present active infinitive of vast?. The initial g is under the influence of Frankish *wuostjan, *wuastjan, itself from Latin vast? or from the same pre-Latin source.

Verb

gaster

1. to waste (not make good use of)
2. to destroy

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.

Synonyms

• (to destroy): destruire

Descendants

• Middle French: gaster
  • French: gâter