taste

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
2. (countable, uncountable) The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
3. (countable, uncountable) A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
4. (countable, uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
5. (countable, uncountable) Personal preference; liking; predilection.
6. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
7. (countable, uncountable) A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

Verb

1. (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
2. (copulative, intransitive) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
3. (transitive) To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To experience.
5. To take sparingly.
6. To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
7. (obsolete) To try by the touch; to handle.

Adj

Deliberate misspelling of tasty.

Synonyms

flavor

flavour

try

relish

savour

sample

savor

experience

test

sip

liking

smell

👃

smack

tasting

sense of taste

try out

preference

elegance

sense

lick

feel

enjoy

zest

sweetness

appreciation

sensory evaluation

gustation

palate

attempt

predilection

tang

odor

pleasure

eat

🍽️

scent

fondness

appetite

touch

penchant

choice

style

mouthful

discernment

feeling

sapor

fancy

desire

fashion

sup

gustatory perception

Translations

goût

Geschmack

goûter

gusto

gusto

smaak

gosto

assaggiare

gustare

γεύση

probar

schmecken

kosten

saborear

Pronounced as (IPA)

/teɪst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tasten

In summary

From Middle English tasten, borrowed from Old French taster, from assumed Vulgar Latin *tastāre, from assumed Vulgar Latin *taxitāre, a new iterative of Latin taxāre (“to touch sharply”), from tangere (“to touch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-. Almost displaced native Middle English smaken, smakien (“to taste”) (from Old English smacian (“to taste”)), Middle English smecchen (“to taste, smack”) (from Old English smæċċan (“to taste”)) (whence Modern English smack), Middle English buriȝen (“to taste”) (from Old English byrigan, birian (“to taste”)).

Sentences

The coffee had a very strong taste .

Apparently , it's the dumplings that make this stew taste so good .