gaume

See also: gaumē

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German goumen, from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną (“to heed, notice, observe, keep”). Cognate with Old English ġȳman, Icelandic geyma, Norwegian gjømme, Swedish gömma, Danish gemme, Faroese geymi.

Verb

gaume

1. (Uri) to guard, watch, herd

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 29.

Latvian

Alternative forms

• (dialectal form) gauma

Etymology

A borrowing from some Germanic language (cf. Old Norse gaum (“attention”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, “to notice, to observe”)), first mentioned in 18th-century dictionaries with the meaning of “attention,” a meaning attested dialectally still in the 1870s. The present meaning probably arose via the idea of “attention (to details);” by the end of the 19th century, it had become the standard meaning for this word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡāūme]

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Noun

gaume f (5th declension)

1. taste (aesthetic and cultural discernment, the sense of what is aesthetically or culturally better)

   laba gaume ― good taste

   ģērbties ar gaumi ― to dress with taste

   izkopt muzikālo gaumi ― to cultivate musical taste

   lēta, slikta gaume ― cheap, poor taste

   mākslinieka gaumi vispirms nosaka prasme atšķirt labu darbu no slikta ― an artist's taste is first of all expressed (as the) capacity to distinguish good work from bad

2. taste (someone's individual preferences)

   tāds darbs ir viņa gaumē ― such work is in his taste

   nē, tādas izpriecas nav manā gaumē ― no, this kind of pastime, entertainment is not in my taste

   plašā piedāvājumā: telpaugi dažādām gaumēm! ― wide selection of house plants for every taste!

   cik vīriešu, tik gaumju ― (there are) as many preferences as (there are) men

3. style, cuisine (following a certain recipe or culinary tradition)

   ēdiens poļu gaumē ― food in Polish taste (= style, i.e., following Polish recipes, tradition)

   pirmo reizi atkal pēc ilgāka laika bija iespējams kārtīgi paēst un pie tam izslavētas vācu gaumē pagatavotās siļķu kotletes ― for the first time again after a long time it was possible to eat well, in fact the celebrated herring meatballs, prepared in the German style (lit. taste)

Declension

Declension of gaume (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	gaume	gaumes
accusative (akuzatīvs)	gaumi	gaumes
genitive (ģenitīvs)	gaumes	gaumju
dative (datīvs)	gaumei	gaumēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	gaumi	gaumēm
locative (lokatīvs)	gaumē	gaumēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	gaume	gaumes

Synonyms

• garša, garšošana

Derived terms

• gaumīgs, gaumīgums

Middle English

Noun

gaume

1. Alternative form of game

Yola

Noun

gaume

1. Alternative form of gaame
   • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR:

     F. naume, taale, gaume.

     E. name, tale, game.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 13