savourer

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

savour +‎ -er.

Noun

savourer (plural savourers)

  1. One who savours or smacks of something; one who favours or takes pleasure in something.

References

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French savourer, from savour. Compare with the noun saveur.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sa.vu.ʁe/
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Verb

savourer

  1. to savour, to savor
  2. to taste

Conjugation
Conjugation of savourer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple savourer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple savourant
/sa.vu.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle savouré
/sa.vu.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present savoure
/sa.vuʁ/		 savoures
/sa.vuʁ/		 savoure
/sa.vuʁ/		 savourons
/sa.vu.ʁɔ̃/		 savourez
/sa.vu.ʁe/		 savourent
/sa.vuʁ/
imperfect savourais
/sa.vu.ʁɛ/		 savourais
/sa.vu.ʁɛ/		 savourait
/sa.vu.ʁɛ/		 savourions
/sa.vu.ʁjɔ̃/		 savouriez
/sa.vu.ʁje/		 savouraient
/sa.vu.ʁɛ/
past historic2 savourai
/sa.vu.ʁe/		 savouras
/sa.vu.ʁa/		 savoura
/sa.vu.ʁa/		 savourâmes
/sa.vu.ʁam/		 savourâtes
/sa.vu.ʁat/		 savourèrent
/sa.vu.ʁɛʁ/
future savourerai
/sa.vu.ʁə.ʁe/		 savoureras
/sa.vu.ʁə.ʁa/		 savourera
/sa.vu.ʁə.ʁa/		 savourerons
/sa.vu.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 savourerez
/sa.vu.ʁə.ʁe/		 savoureront
/sa.vu.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional savourerais
/sa.vu.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 savourerais
/sa.vu.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 savourerait
/sa.vu.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 savourerions
/sa.vu.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 savoureriez
/sa.vu.ʁə.ʁje/		 savoureraient
/sa.vu.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present savoure
/sa.vuʁ/		 savoures
/sa.vuʁ/		 savoure
/sa.vuʁ/		 savourions
/sa.vu.ʁjɔ̃/		 savouriez
/sa.vu.ʁje/		 savourent
/sa.vuʁ/
imperfect2 savourasse
/sa.vu.ʁas/		 savourasses
/sa.vu.ʁas/		 savourât
/sa.vu.ʁa/		 savourassions
/sa.vu.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 savourassiez
/sa.vu.ʁa.sje/		 savourassent
/sa.vu.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — savoure
/sa.vuʁ/		 — savourons
/sa.vu.ʁɔ̃/		 savourez
/sa.vu.ʁe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Anagrams

Old French

Etymology

From savour.

Verb

savourer

  1. to give taste (to)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Olivier de Serres
      Au semer des melons, aucuns ajoustent les bonnes senteurs et liqueurs pour en odorer et savourer le fruit.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem saveur distinct from the unstressed stem savour. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of savourer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive savourer avoir savouré
gerund en savourant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle savourant
past participle savouré
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present saveur saveures saveure savourons savourez saveurent
imperfect savouroie, savoureie, savouroe, savoureve savouroies, savoureies, savouroes, savoureves savouroit, savoureit, savourot, savoureve savouriiens, savouriens savouriiez, savouriez savouroient, savoureient, savouroent, savourevent
preterite savourai savouras savoura savourames savourastes savourerent
future savourerai savoureras savourera savourerons savoureroiz, savourereiz, savourerez savoureront
conditional savoureroie, savourereie savoureroies, savourereies savoureroit, savourereit savoureriiens, savoureriens savoureriiez, savoureriez savoureroient, savourereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present saveur saveurs saveurt savourons savourez saveurent
imperfect savourasse savourasses savourast savourissons, savourissiens savourissoiz, savourissez, savourissiez savourassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— saveure — savourons savourez —

Descendants
  • French: savourer
  • → Middle English: savouren
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