chacun à son goût

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

chacun à son goût à chacun son goût

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.

Related words

de gustibus non disputandum est
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