goût de terroir – Mot du jour

to feel like home – French expression

Part of Mots Du Jour | French Wine

What does ” avoir le goût du terroir ” mean? How do you say ‘ to feel like home ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

avoir le goût du terroir – to have the taste of the local. In everyday French, avoir le goût du terroir can describe something literally and figuratively. It has a positive connotation and describes all the features of a particular region, of its taste, its climate and its people. As a non-literal expression I often translate it as ‘to feel like home’.

« Ces galettes ont un bon goût de terroir. Miam miam ! »
“These buckwheat crepes really feel like home. Yummy!”

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Tenses and Modes

présent : Ces galettes ont un bon goût de terroir.
conditionnel présent : Ces galettes aurait un bon goût de terroir si elles étaient cuites.
subjonctif présent : Il faut que ces galettes aient un bon goût de terroir.