Masculine

gust

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (masculine) taste (sense)
  2. (masculine) flavour
  3. (masculine) relish, pleasure
  4. (masculine) taste (aesthetic preference), style

Concepts

sense of taste

gustatory modality

gustatory perception

gustatory sensation

taste perception

taste sensation

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈɡust]
Etymology

In summary

From Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus. First attested in the 14th century, it was possibly a semi-learned word or early borrowing; compare the sound changes in the inherited Occitan gost, Portuguese gosto, and French goût.

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