taste
One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicalsOne of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
» The food didn't taste very good.
Еда была не очень вкусная.
Їжа була не дуже смачна.
Їжа не дуже добре смакувала.
Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Geschmack, Schmecken
вкусvkus
смакsmak
(countable, uncountable)The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
His taste was impaired by an illness.
вкусvkus
(countable, uncountable)A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
(countable, uncountable)A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.
Geschmack
вкусvkus
смакsmak
(countable, uncountable)Personal preference; liking; predilection.
I have developed a taste for fine wine.
скло́нностьsklónnostʹ
a strong liking
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)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.
вкусvkus, пе́рвое знако́мствоpérvoje znakómstvo
a small amount eaten or drunk
(countable, uncountable)A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
(countable, dialectal, uncountable)The least amount or portion of something; a jot.
Examples
1666 sentencesThe food didn't taste very good.
Їжа була не дуже смачна.
ruЕда была не очень вкусная.
My taste is quite different from yours.
Мій смак досить сильно відрізняється від твого.
ruМой вкус совершенно отличается от твоего.
deMein Geschmack ist ziemlich verschieden von deinem.
The food didn't taste all that bad.
Їжа на смак була не така вже й погана.
deDas Essen hat gar nicht so schlecht geschmeckt.
Do you like the taste of beer?
Вам подобається смак пива?
ruТебе нравится вкус пива?
deSchmeckt dir Bier?
Does it taste okay?
Добре на смак?
ruНа вкус нормальный?
Translations
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Origin
The verb is from Middle English tasten, borrowed from Old French taster (“to taste, touchThe verb is from Middle English tasten, borrowed from Old French taster (“to taste, touch or hit”), from unattested Vulgar Latin *tastāre (“to touch or feel”), from *taxitāre, an innovated iterative form of Classical Latin taxāre (“to touch sharply”), from tangere (“to touch, to grasp”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-, which is assumed to have had the same meaning as tangere.
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Forms
plural: tastesSynonyms
24 synonyms- a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds:tasting
- the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth:gustationsense of tastegustatory modality
- the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus:taste sensationgustatory sensationtaste perceptiongustatory perception
- delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values):appreciationdiscernmentperceptiveness
- a small amount eaten or drunk:mouthful
- a strong liking:preferencepenchantpredilection
Word family
21 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- taste good
- taste better better
- taste very good
- taste in music
- tastes really good
- doesn't taste very
- tasted pretty good
- tastes like
- the taste of
- like the taste
- this soup tastes
- soup tastes