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tâter

feel, touch, try, have a go at

t a . t e
tât feel, touch + er Infinitive
verb Rare #51,860
feel, touch Often suggests feeling something with your hands to examine it.
FR: Elle veut tâter le tissu avant de l’acheter.
EN: She wants to feel the fabric before buying it.
try, have a go at In the construction tâter de quelque chose, it means to try or experience something.
FR: Il aimerait tâter du football.
EN: He’d like to have a go at playing football.

Viens tâter de ma hache, mon joli !

Come and feel my axe, my pretty one!

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : Les Deux Tours (2002)

Je veux absolument les voir tâter du ballon.

I really want to see them get a taste of the ball.

— Shaolin Soccer (2001)

Je veux seulement tâter la matière.

I just want to feel the material.

— Shaolin Soccer (2001)

Sounds similar to

rater ʁ a . t e tenter t ɑ̃ . t e raté ʁ a . t e taper t a . p e taré t a . ʁ e battez b a . t e tata t a . t a tatie t a . t i tentez t ɑ̃ . t e mater m a . t e gâter ɡ a . t e tailler t a . j e taillé t a . j e dater d a . t e pâtée p a . t e pâté p a . t e taché t a . ʃ e maté m a . t e tanner t a . n e