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goûter

goûter noun: a light meal in the afternoon; tea.

Noun

goûter (plural goûters)

  1. (dated) A light meal in the afternoon; tea.
    • We thought best to have a lottery of toys, school furniture, books, etc... […] accompanied by the "goûter" which is a necessary part of every entertainment. This had the great advantage that the buying of toys and cakes for the goûter did not exhaust the whole amount of the draft.1921 4, Marguerite Fishbacher, “Bellevue Had A Party”, in The Key, volume 38, number 2

Forms of goûter

pluralgoûters

Origin of goûter

Borrowed from French goûter.

Questions about goûter

What does goûter mean?
Goûter means a light meal in the afternoon; tea.
What part of speech is goûter?
Goûter is a noun.
What is the plural of goûter?
The plural of goûter is goûters.

Words near goûter in the dictionary

  1. gozzards
  2. Gozzian
  3. gozzled
  4. Goâve
  5. goïng
  6. goûter
  7. Gołdap
  8. gołąbki
  9. Goα
  10. gp
  11. GP out of hours service

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