Meanings
alternative à chacun son goût
- Used to acknowledge that different people have different tastes or preferences.
Synonyms: to each his own, there's no accounting for taste
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseUsed to acknowledge that different people have different tastes or preferences.
Origin
- Frenchà chacun son goût“to each his own taste”
- Englishchacun à son goût
Mutation of the French à chacun son goût (“to each his own taste”), typically heard amongst Laurentian, Quebecois and Louisiana Francophones. The well-known aria by this name in the Strauss opera Die Fledermaus may have helped establish the mutation.
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chacun à son goût. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chacun%20%C3%A0%20son%20go%C3%BBt
“chacun à son goût.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chacun%20%C3%A0%20son%20go%C3%BBt. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chacun à son goût,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chacun%20%C3%A0%20son%20go%C3%BBt.
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