taste

See also: Taste, tašte, and tāste

English

Alternative forms

• tast (obsolete)

Etymology 1

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”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teɪst/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪst

Noun

taste (countable and uncountable, plural tastes)

1. One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.

   He had a strange taste in his mouth.

   Venison has a strong taste.

2. The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.

   His taste was impaired by an illness.

3. A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
4. (countable and uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.

   Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.

   • 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.i:

     That's very true indeed Sir Peter! after having married you I should never pretend to Taste again I allow.

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when modish taste was just due to go clean out of fashion for the best part of the next hundred years.

5. Personal preference; liking; predilection.

   I have developed a taste for fine wine.

6. (figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.

   Such anecdotes give one a taste of life on a trauma ward.

   • 2007, KT Tunstall (lyrics and music), “Saving My Face”, in Drastic Fantastic‎^[1]:

     I'm all out of luck / I'm all out of faith / I would give everything just for one taste / But everything's here, all out of place […]

7. A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

Synonyms

• (sensation produced by the tongue): smack, smatch; See also Thesaurus:gustation
• (set of preferences): discernment, culture, refinement, style
• (personal preference): See also Thesaurus:predilection
• (small amount of experience): impression, sample, trial

Hyponyms

• (sensation produced by the tongue): relish, savor

Meronyms

• (sensation produced by the tongue): bitter, salty, sour, sweet, umami

Derived terms

Terms derived from taste (noun)

• acquired taste
• aftertaste
• all of one's taste is in one's mouth
• all one's taste is in one's mouth
• bad taste in one's mouth
• champagne taste on a beer billfold
• champagne taste on a beer budget
• champagne taste on a beer pocketbook
• champagne taste on a beer salary
• champagne taste on a beer wallet
• in bad taste
• leave a sour taste in one's mouth
• nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people
• tastebud
• tasteless
• taste map
• taste-off
• taste of one's own medicine
• taste of one's own poison
• taste pore
• taste-test
• tasty
• there's no accounting for taste
• to one's taste
• to someone's taste
• to taste

 

Translations

one of the sensations produced by the tongue

• Albanian: shije (sq) f
• Arabic: ذَوْق (ar) (ḏawq), طَعْم (ar) (ṭaʕm), مَذَاق m (maḏāq)

  Hijazi Arabic: طَعَم m (ṭaʕam)

• Armenian: համ (hy) (ham)
• Aromanian: gustu
• Assamese: জুতি (zuti), সোৱাদ (xüad)
• Azerbaijani: dad (az)
• Bashkir: тәм (təm), тат (tat)
• Basque: dastamen (eu)
• Belarusian: смак m (smak)
• Bengali: স্বাদ (bn) (śad), সোয়াদ (bn) (śoad), মজা (bn) (môza)
• Bhojpuri: स्वाद (svād)
• Bulgarian: вкус (bg) m (vkus)
• Burmese: အရသာ (my) (a.ra.sa), ရသ (my) (ra.sa.)
• Catalan: gust (ca), sabor (ca), tast (ca)
• Chechen: чам (čam)
• Chinese:

  Eastern Min: 味 (ê)

  Mandarin: 味道 (zh) (wèidao), 味兒 / 味儿 (zh) (wèir), 氣味 / 气味 (zh) (qìwèi), 味覺 / 味觉 (zh) (wèijué) (sense of taste)

• Czech: chuť (cs) f
• Danish: smag c
• Dutch: smaak (nl) m
• Egyptian: (dpt f)
• Esperanto: gusto (eo)
• Estonian: maitse
• Even: амтан (amtan)
• Evenki: амта (amta)
• Finnish: maku (fi), makuaisti (fi)
• French: goût (fr) m, saveur (fr) f
• Friulian: savôr, gust
• Galician: tasto (gl) m, saibo m, laimo m, chorido m, gusto (gl) m, celme (gl) m
• Georgian: გემო (gemo)
• German: Geschmack (de) m, Schmecken (de) n

  Alemannic German: Gust m

• Greek: γεύση (el) f (géfsi)

  Ancient: γεῦσις f (geûsis)

• Gujarati: સ્વાદ (svād)
• Haitian Creole: gou
• Hebrew: טַעַם (he) m (tá'am)
• Hindi: स्वाद (hi) m (svād), hi ज़ायक़ा m (zāyqā)
• Hungarian: íz (hu)
• Icelandic: bragð (is) n
• Indonesian: rasa (id) m
• Ingrian: maku
• Ingush: чам (čam)
• Irish: blas m
• Italian: gusto (it) m, sapore (it) m
• Japanese: 味覚 (ja) (みかく, mikaku) (sense of taste), 味 (ja) (あじ, aji)
• Javanese: rasa (jv)
• Kalmyk: амтн (amtn)
• Kazakh: дәм (däm)
• Khmer: រសជាតិ (rŭəh ciət)
• Korean: 미각(味覺) (ko) (migak) (sense of taste), 맛 (ko) (mat)
• Kumyk: татыв (tatıw)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: تام (tam), چاخ (çax)

  Northern Kurdish: çêj (ku) f, tam (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: даам (ky) (daam)
• Lao: ລົດຊາດ (lo) (lot sāt)
• Latgalian: garža f
• Latin: gustātus m, sapor m
• Latvian: garša f
• Lithuanian: skonis m
• Livonian: maits
• Lombard: savor (lmo), savur (lmo)
• Macedonian: вкус (mk) m (vkus)
• Malay: rasa (ms)
• Manchu: ᠠᠮᡨᠠᠨ (amtan)
• Mansaka: nanam
• Maori: tāwara, tāw(h)ara
• Middle English: smak
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: амт (mn) (amt)

• Nanai: амтан (amtan)
• Nivkh: амра (amra)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: smak m

  Nynorsk: smak m

• Occitan: tast, gost (oc)
• Old Czech: chut f
• Old Javanese: rasa
• Ossetian: ад (ad)
• Ottoman Turkish: طات (tat), لذت (lezzet)
• Pali: rasa
• Pashto: طعم m (ta'm), خوند (ps) m (xwand)
• Persian: طعم (fa) (ta'm), مزه (fa) (maze)
• Polish: smak (pl) m
• Portuguese: gosto (pt) m, sabor (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਸੁਆਦ (pa) m (suāda)
• Romanian: gust (ro) n
• Romansch: gust, gost
• Russian: вкус (ru) m (vkus)
• Sanskrit: रस (sa) m (rasa)
• Sardinian: gustu
• Scottish Gaelic: blas m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у̀кус m

  Roman: ùkus (sh) m

• Sicilian: gustu (scn) m
• Sindhi: سواد m (swadu)
• Slovak: chuť f
• Slovene: okȗs (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: šmek m, słod m

• Spanish: gusto (es)
• Swahili: dhuku
• Swedish: smak (sv) c
• Tabasaran: дад (dad), тӏяаьм (ṭjaa̱m)
• Tagalog: panlasa
• Tajik: мазза (tg) (mazza), маза (maza), таъм (taʾm)
• Tatar: тәм (tt) (täm)
• Tetum: tamis
• Thai: รสชาติ (th) (rót-châat), รส (th) (rót)
• Tocharian B: śūke
• Turkish: çeşni (tr), tat (tr), lezzet (tr)
• Turkmen: tagam
• Ukrainian: смак (uk) m (smak)
• Urdu: ذَائِقَہ m (zāiqā)
• Uyghur: تەم (tem)
• Uzbek: taʻm
• Venetan: saor (vec) m, saore
• Vietnamese: vị (vi) (味 (vi))
• Welsh: blas (cy) m
• West Coast Bajau: reso
• Zhuang: feihdauh

the sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation

• Bulgarian: вкус (bg) m (vkus)
• Burmese: ရသာရုံ (my) (ra.sarum)
• Hungarian: ízlelés (hu), ízérzékelés, ízérzék, ízlelőképesség
• Middle English: smak
• Polish: smak (pl) m
• Portuguese: paladar (pt) m
• Russian: вкус (ru) m (vkus)
• Vietnamese: vị giác (vi) (味覺)

implicit set of preferences

• Arabic: ذَوْق (ar) m (ḏawq)

  Egyptian Arabic: ذوق (zōʔ)

  Hijazi Arabic: ذوق m (zōg)

• Armenian: ճաշակ (hy) (čašak)
• Azerbaijani: zövq (az)
• Bulgarian: вкус (bg) m (vkus)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 品味 (zh) (pǐnwèi)

• Czech: vkus (cs) m
• Danish: smag c
• Dutch: smaak (nl) m
• Estonian: maitse
• Finnish: maku (fi)
• French: goût (fr) m
• Friulian: gust m
• Georgian: გემოვნება (gemovneba)
• German: Geschmack (de) m
• Greek: προτίμηση (el) f (protímisi), γούστο (el) n (goústo)
• Hungarian: ízlés (hu)
• Icelandic: smekkur (is) m
• Italian: gusto (it) m, inclinazione (it) m
• Japanese: (preferences): 趣味 (ja) (shumi), (atmosphere): 味 (ja) (aji)
• Latin: palātum n, sapor m
• Latvian: gaume f
• Malay: citarasa
• Nepali: स्वाद (svād)
• Norwegian: smak m
• Polish: smak (pl) m, gust (pl) m
• Portuguese: gosto (pt) m, paladar (pt) m
• Russian: вкус (ru) m (vkus)
• Spanish: gusto (es) m, gustos (es) m pl
• Swedish: smak (sv), tycke (sv)
• Ukrainian: смак (uk) m (smak)
• Vietnamese: sở thích (vi), gu (vi)
• Yiddish: טעם m (tam), געשמאַק m (geshmak), גוסט m (gust)

personal preference; liking; predilection

• Bulgarian: скло́нност (bg) f (sklónnost)
• Georgian: მიდრეკილება (midreḳileba)
• Hungarian: ízlés (hu), tetszés (hu), kedv (hu)
• Italian: gusto (it) m, preferenza (it) f
• Russian: скло́нность (ru) f (sklónnostʹ)

(figuratively) a small amount of experience

• Bulgarian: про́ба (bg) f (próba), опи́тване n (opítvane)
• Danish: smagsprøve c
• Egyptian: (dpt f)
• Finnish: maku (fi)
• French: avant-goût (fr) m
• Greek: γεύση (el) f (géfsi), πρόγευση (el) f (prógefsi)
• Hungarian: ízelítő (hu), kóstoló (hu)
• Icelandic: forsmekkur m
• Irish: tástáil f
• Norwegian: smakebit m
• Portuguese: prova (pt) f
• Russian: вкус (ru) m (vkus), пе́рвое знако́мство n (pérvoje znakómstvo)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: tastu

  Logudorese: tastu

• Sassarese: tastu
• Spanish: muestra (es) f
• Swedish: smakprov (sv), smakbit (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} გემო (gemo)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} gustus m
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} gust (ro) n
• Slovene: (1,2) ^{(please verify)} okus (sl) m
• Swedish: (1,2) ^{(please verify)} smak (sv) c
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} రుచి (te) (ruci) (1), ^{(please verify)} అభిరుచి (te) (abhiruci) (2)

Verb

taste (third-person singular simple present tastes, present participle tasting, simple past and past participle tasted)

1. (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 2:9:

     when the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine

2. (intransitive, copulative) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.

   The chicken tasted great, but the milk tasted like garlic.

3. (transitive) To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.

   I can definitely taste the marzipan in this cake.

4. (transitive, figurative) To experience.

   I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise.

   They had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 2:9:

     He […] should taste death for every man.

   • c. 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, act II, scene ii, page 117, column 1:

     Cowards dye many times before their deaths, / The valiant neuer taſte of death but once: […]

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Thou […] wilt taste / No pleasure, though in pleasure, solitarie.

   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 4:

     Hopefully, Dux and Julie got to taste some of that good money, because after "No More," there was no more.

5. To take sparingly.
   • 1699, John Dryden, Epistle to John Drydentastes%20of%20pleasures%2C%20youth%20devours%22&f=false

     Age but tastes of pleasures, youth devours.

6. To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 14:29:

     I tasted a little of this honey.

7. (obsolete) To try by the touch; to handle.
   • 1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:

     to taste the bow

     The spelling has been modernized.

Synonyms

• (sample the flavor of something): smack, smake; See also Thesaurus:taste
• (have a taste): hint, smack; See also Thesaurus:have taste

Derived terms

• taste blood
• tastes like chicken

Translations

to sample the flavor of something

• Arabic: ذَاقَ (ar) (ḏāqa), تَذَوَّقَ (ar) (taḏawwaqa)

  Egyptian Arabic: دَاق (dāq)

  Hijazi Arabic: ذاق (dāg, ḏāg)

  Moroccan Arabic: داق (dāq)

  South Levantine Arabic: داق (dāq)

• Armenian: համտեսել (hy) (hamtesel)
• Aromanian: gustu
• Assamese: চাক (sak), খাই চা (khai sa), সোৱাদ ল (xüad lo)
• Azerbaijani: dadmaq (az), dadına baxmaq (az)
• Bikol Central: tana
• Bulgarian: вку́свам (bg) (vkúsvam), опи́твам (bg) (opítvam)
• Catalan: tastar (ca), gustar (ca)
• Cebuano: tilaw
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘗味 / 尝味 (chángwèi), 嘗 / 尝 (zh) (cháng), 品嘗 / 品尝 (zh) (pǐncháng)

• Czech: ochutnat
• Danish: smage
• Dutch: proeven (nl)
• Egyptian: (dp)
• Esperanto: gustumi (eo)
• Farefare: leme, leme
• Finnish: maistaa (fi)
• French: goûter (fr)
• Friulian: cercjâ, cerčhâ
• Galician: gustar (gl), probar
• Gallurese: attastà, tastà
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: kosten (de), probieren (de)
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan)
• Greek: γεύομαι (el) (gévomai), δοκιμάζω (el) (dokimázo)

  Ancient: γεύομαι (geúomai)

• Hebrew: טָעַם (he) (ta'ám)
• Higaonon: tilaw, sulayi
• Hindi: चखना (hi) (cakhnā)
• Hungarian: ízlel (hu), kóstol (hu), megízlel (hu), megkóstol (hu)
• Iban: megai
• Icelandic: bragða, smakka (is)
• Ido: gustar (io)
• Ingrian: proovata, yrittää, pruukata
• Irish: tástáil
• Italian: gustare (it), assaggiare (it), assaporare (it), godere (it)
• Japanese: 味わう (ja) (ajiwau), 嘗める (ja) (nameru)
• Kabuverdianu: purba, prová
• Khiamniungan Naga: tàp
• Lao: ຊີມ (sīm)
• Latin: gusto
• Latvian: garšot
• Lombard: gustà
• Maltese: daq
• Maori: ngutungutu, hā
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: авызлаш (avyzlaš)

• Middle English: smacchen, smaken
• Mòcheno: kostn
• Mongolian: амтлах (mn) (amtlax)
• Moore: leemse
• Nepali: चाख्नु (ne) (cākhnu)
• Norman: gouôter
• Norwegian: smake
• Occitan: tastar (oc), gostar (oc)
• Persian: چشیدن (fa) (češidan)
• Polish: smakować (pl), próbować (pl), kosztować (pl)
• Portuguese: sentir o gosto (de), provar (pt), experimentar (pt)
• Quechua: llaqway
• Romanian: gusta (ro)
• Romansch: gustar, guster
• Russian: про́бовать (ru) impf (próbovatʹ), попро́бовать (ru) pf (popróbovatʹ)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: gustai, tastai

  Logudorese: assazare, gustàre, ingonnò

• Sassarese: attastà, tastà
• Scottish Gaelic: blais
• Serbo-Croatian: probati (sh)
• Sicilian: tastari, assapurari, sàpiri
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: proběrowaś impf

• Spanish: gustar (es), probar (es), catar (es), tastar, degustar (es), paladear (es), libar (es)
• Swedish: smaka (sv), provsmaka (sv)
• Tagalog: tikman, lasahan
• Tamil: சுவை (ta) (cuvai)
• Tetum: tamis
• Thai: ชิม (th) (chim)
• Turkish: tatmak (tr), tadına bakmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: смакува́ти impf (smakuváty), спро́бувати pf (spróbuvaty), куштува́ти impf (kuštuváty), скуштува́ти pf (skuštuváty)
• Vietnamese: nếm (vi)
• Walloon: sayî (wa), goster (wa)
• Welsh: blasu (cy)
• West Frisian: priuwe
• Yiddish: טועם זײַן (toyem zayn), פֿאַרזוכן (farzukhn)
• ǃXóõ: ta̰ã

to have a taste

• Aromanian: gustu
• Azerbaijani: dadmaq (az), dadını vermək
• Bulgarian: имам вкус на (imam vkus na)
• Catalan: tastar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (noun) 味道 (zh) (wèidao)

• Czech: chutnat (cs)
• Danish: smage
• Dutch: smaken (nl)
• Esperanto: gusti
• Finnish: maistua (fi)
• French: avoir un goût, goûter (fr) (Belgium, Canada)
• Friulian: gustâ un savôr
• Galician: gorentar (gl), saber (gl)
• Gallurese: tastà, attastà
• German: schmecken (de)
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan)
• Greek:

  Ancient: γεύομαι (geúomai)

• Gujarati: ચાખવુ (cākhvu)
• Hungarian: íze van , ízű (hu)
• Icelandic: bragðast
• Ingrian: maistua, maistaissa
• Italian: sapere (it)
• Japanese: 味がする (aji ga suru)
• Kabuverdianu: purba, prová
• Latin: sapiō
• Latvian: garšot
• Maltese: daq
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: авызлаш (avyzlaš)

• Norman: gouôter
• Norwegian: smake
• Occitan: tastar (oc)
• Persian: مزه داشتن (maze dâštan)
• Polish: smakować (pl)
• Portuguese: ter gosto de, saber (pt)
• Romanian: a avea gust
• Russian: име́ть вку́с (imétʹ vkús)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: gustai, tastai

  Logudorese: assazare, gustàre

• Sassarese: tastà, attastà
• Sicilian: tastari
• Spanish: saber (es)
• Swedish: smaka (sv)
• Tamil: சுவை (ta) (cuvai)
• Thai: รส (th) (rót)
• Turkish: tatmak (tr) (nonstandard)
• Ukrainian: ма́ти смак (máty smak)
• Yiddish: טועם־טעם זײַן (toyem-tam zayn), פֿאַרזוכן (farzukhn)

to experience

• Arabic: ذَاقَ (ar) (ḏāqa), تَذَوَّقَ (ar) (taḏawwaqa)
• Azerbaijani: dadmaq (az)
• Bulgarian: изпитвам (bg) (izpitvam)
• Catalan: tastar (ca)
• Czech: ochutnat
• Danish: smage
• Dutch: ondergaan (nl), gevoelen (nl)
• Egyptian: (dp)
• French: goûter de (fr)
• German: kosten (de)
• Greek: γεύομαι (el) (gévomai), δοκιμάζω (el) (dokimázo)

  Ancient: γεύομαι (geúomai)

• Hungarian: ízlel (hu), megízlel (hu)
• Italian: provare (it)
• Maltese: daq
• Ngazidja Comorian: udhuku, uhisi
• Norman: gouôter
• Portuguese: experimentar (pt)
• Sicilian: tastari, pruvari (scn)
• Spanish: saborear (es)
• Swedish: smaka (sv)
• Vietnamese: trải nghiệm (vi), nếm trải (vi)

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Translations to be checked

• Danish: ^{(please verify)} smage

Further reading

• “taste”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “taste”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “taste”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• "taste" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 313.

Etymology 2

Adjective

taste (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of tasty.

Anagrams

• Tates, Teats, State, teats, state, Tetas, atest, Testa, testa, aetts, Satet

Chinese

Etymology

From English taste.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tei¹ si²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tei¹ si²
    • Yale: tēi sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tei¹ si²
    • Guangdong Romanization: téi¹ xi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰei̯⁵⁵ siː³⁵/

Noun

taste

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) taste (preference of a person)

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtastɛ]

Verb

taste

1. second-person plural imperative of tasit

Danish

Etymology

From the noun tast.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -astə

Verb

taste (imperative tast, infinitive at taste, present tense taster, past tense tastede, perfect tense har/er tastet)

1. To type

Conjugation

Inflection of taste

	present	past
simple	taster	tastede
perfect	har tastet	havde tastet
passive	tastes	tastedes
participle	tastende	tastet
imperative	tast	—
infinitive	taste	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	—	—

Derived terms

• indtaste

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

taste

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of tasten

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

taste

1. inflection of tasten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tast, taist

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French tast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taːst/, /tast/

Noun

taste (uncountable)

1. perceived flavor

Descendants

• English: taste
• Yola: taaste, thaaste, tawest

References

• “tā̆st(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

taste (imperative tast, present tense taster, passive tastes, simple past and past participle tasta or tastet, present participle tastende)

1. to type (on a computer keyboard or typewriter)

Related terms

• tast (noun)
• tastatur

References

• “taste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

taste (Cyrillic spelling тасте)

1. vocative singular of tast