goûter

noun

A light meal in the afternoon; tea.

OriginFrench goûter →
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Meanings

noungoûter (plural goûters)

plural goûters

  1. datedA 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

Origin

  1. Frenchgoûter
  2. Frenchgoûter
  3. Englishgoûter

Borrowed from French goûter.

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APA

goûter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%C3%BBter

MLA

“goûter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%C3%BBter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goûter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%C3%BBter.

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