chacun à son goût

See also: chacun a son gout

English

Alternative forms

• à chacun ses goûts (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.

Phrase

chacun à son goût

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

Synonyms

• to each their own
• there's no accounting for taste

See also

• de gustibus non disputandum est (Latin)