savour
To detect; to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on; to relishTo detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and drink); to relish.
» He paused briefly to savour the moment.
Он ненадолго остановился, чтобы прочувствовать момент.
Meaning
18 senses(UK, transitive)To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and drink); to relish.
He closed his eyes so he could really savour his dessert.
genießen, reizvoll finden, sich schmecken lassen
смакова́тьsmakovátʹ
смакуватиsmakuvaty
(UK, transitive)To give (food or drink) flavour; to flavour, to season.
give taste to
(UK, figuratively, transitive)To enjoy (something) deeply or in a lingering manner; to appreciate, to delight in, to relish.
auskosten, genießen
наслажда́тьсяnaslaždátʹsja, смакова́тьsmakovátʹ
(UK, figuratively, transitive)To find (something) appealing; to appreciate, to like.
(UK, figuratively, intransitive)To possess a particular (often negative) quality, especially a small amount of it; to be redolent or suggestive of.
(UK, archaic, transitive)To detect (an aroma or smell, especially an appealing one); to smell.
(UK, archaic, figuratively, transitive)To possess (a particular, often negative, quality), especially a small amount of it; to be redolent or suggestive of (something).
(UK, figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To be appealing to (a person, the senses, etc.).
(UK, figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To experience, perceive, or understand (something).
(UK, figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To give (something) a particular quality; to imbue with.
(UK, figuratively, obsolete, rare, transitive)To give (something) an aroma or smell.
(UK, figuratively, obsolete, rare, transitive)Followed by out: to detect or find (something).
Examples
11 sentencesHe paused briefly to savour the moment.
ruОн ненадолго остановился, чтобы прочувствовать момент.
There was a savour of bitterness in his voice.
There was a savour of bitterness in her voice.
My companion encourages me to savour every moment of my life.
Tom savoured the moment.
ruТом наслаждался моментом.
deTom genoss den Moment.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English savouren, savour, from Anglo-Norman savorer, savourer, Middle French sFrom Middle English savouren, savour, from Anglo-Norman savorer, savourer, Middle French savorer, savourer, and Old French savorer, savourer (modern French savourer), from Late Latin sapōrāre, the present active infinitive of sapōrō (“to give flavour, make tasty; to give pleasure”), from Latin sapor (see etymology 1) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).
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Forms
savours, savouring, savoured, savouredSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle