Phrase guide

chacun à son goût

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

Used to acknowledge that different people have different tastes or preferences.

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History

Etymology

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.