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Definition: Taste |
TasteNoun1. The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste". 2. A strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney". 3. Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste". 4. A brief experience of something; "he got a taste of life on the wild side"; "she enjoyed her brief taste of independence". 5. A small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you'll like it". 6. The faculty of taste; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste". 7. A kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; "a wine tasting". Verb1. Have flavor; taste of something. 2. Take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes". 3. Perceive by the sense of taste; "Can you taste the garlic?". 4. Have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of nutmeg". 5. Distinguish flavors; "We tasted wines last night". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "taste" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Computing | Taste [primarily MIT] n. 1. The quality in a program that tends to be inversely proportional to the number of features, hacks, and kluges programmed into it. Also `tasty', `tasteful', `tastefulness'. "This feature comes in N tasty flavors." Although `tasty' and `flavorful' are essentially synonyms, `taste' and flavor are not. Taste refers to sound judgment on the part of the creator; a program or feature can _exhibit_ taste but cannot _have_ taste. On the other hand, a feature can have flavor. Also, flavor has the additional meaning of `kind' or `variety' not shared by `taste'. The marked sense of flavor is more popular than `taste', though both are widely used. See also elegant. 2. Alt. sp. of tayste. Source: Jargon File. |
Food & Agriculture | A)sensations perceived when the gustatory papillae are stimulated by some soluble substances; b)attribute of the specific sensation produced by such substances. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Sense whose receptors are located in the mouth, particularly on the tongue, and which are activated by various compounds in solution. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mechanical Engineering | Sensation produced in certain organs of the mouth by contact with some substances. Source: European Union. (references) |
Tips from 1870 | Taste is a universal gift. It has been found in some degree in all nations, races, and ages. It is shown by the savage in his love of personal decoration; by the civilized man in his love of art. But while it is thus universal, it is as different among men as their faces, complexions, characters, or languages. Even among people of the same nation, it is as different as the degrees of society. The same individual at different periods of life, shows this variableness of taste. These diversities of taste imply a susceptibility to improvement. Good taste in writing forms no exception to the rule. While it seems to require some basis in nature, no degree of inborn aptitude will compensate for the lack of careful training. To give his natural taste firmness and fineness a writer needs to read the best literature, not merely so as to know it, but so as to feel the beauty, the fitness, the charm, the strength, the delicacy of a well-chosen word. The study of the proper arrangement and the most effective expression of our thoughts prompts us to think more accurately. So close is the connection between the thought and its expression that looseness of style in speaking and writing may nearly always be traced to indistinctness and feebleness in the grasp of the subject. No degree of polish in expression will compensate for inadequacy of knowledge. But with the fullest information upon any subject, there is still room for the highest exercise of judgment and good sense in the proper choice and arrangement of the thoughts, and of the words with which to express them. The concurrent testimony of those best qualified to render a decision, has determined what authors reflect the finest literary taste, and these writers should be carefully studied by all who aspire to elegance, accuracy, and strength in literary expression. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Taste is one of the most common and fundamental of the senses in life on Earth. It is the direct detection of chemical composition, usually through contact with chemoreceptor cells. Taste is very similar to olfaction (the sense of smell), in which the chemical composition of an organism's ambient medium is detected by chemoreceptors. In a liquid medium, taste is often used to describe this act as well.In humans, the sense of taste is conveyed via three of the twelve cranial nerves. The facial nerve (VII) carries taste sensations from the anterior two thirds of the tongue, the glossopharyngeal nerve (IX) carries taste sensations from the posterior one third of the tongue while a branch of the vagus nerve (X) carries some taste sensations from the back of the oral cavity.
There two types of chemoreceptors, direct and distance. Direct focuses mainly on taste, blood, and senosor. Distance focuses on smell and anntannae for some organisms. Peromores would be a type of distance chemoreceptors, smell; a "organic chemical released from one individual that causes a physiological or behavioral changes in another indivial (Perkins 11-24-03)."
For example, the Bombyx mori is a silkworm that uses pheromores in its female in which the male, with two anntannaes that have over 20,000 receptors, detects the location of the female from afar. See also Flavor, Basic tastes.
Taste in aesthetics
Taste can also refer to one's appreciation for aesthetic quality. Paul Graham notes, "I think it's easier to see ugliness than to imagine beauty. The recipe for great work is: very exacting taste."
See also Aesthetics, Art, Fine art, Visual arts and design, Connoisseur, Critic
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Taste."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Taste is a word processor software package that was produced by the same manufacturer that had previously sold MindWrite. It does not have outline capabilities. However, it has many features that recommend it for the preparation of complex documents for publication. For instance, the distance between characters on the screen and in the printer can be controlled. (The technical term for this adjustment is "kerning.") The distance between lines of print in a paragraph can be controlled. Fairly complex graphics can be created within this program. It does not have the list sorting of MindWrite, nor does it have its ability to do outlining. This software works with Macintosh Mac OS 9 but not Mac OS X. It has not been available for purchase for several years.This software is very complex. As a result it is sometimes said to be temperamental, and users who make complex documents and edit them in major ways have learned to keep good backup files. Sometimes documents become corrupted and it becomes difficult or impossible to recover the data.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Taste (software)."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
TASTE | English | Advanced Studies of Transport in Europe | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: TasteSynonyms: appreciation (n), discernment (n), gustation (n), gustatory modality (n), gustatory perception (n), gustatory sensation (n), mouthful (n), penchant (n), perceptiveness (n), predilection (n), preference (n), sense of taste (n), taste perception (n), taste sensation (n), tasting (n), sample (v), savor (v), savour (v), smack (v), try (v), try out (v). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: savouring (food & agriculture). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Discrimination | Noun: discrimination, distinction, differentiation, diagnosis, diorism; nice perception; perception of difference, appreciation of difference; estimation; nicety, refinement; taste; critique, judgment; tact; discernment; (intelligence); acuteness, penetration; nuances. |
Feeling | Bear, suffer, support, sustain, endure, thole, aby; abide; (be composed); experience; (meet with); taste, prove; labor under, smart under; bear the brunt of, brave, stand. |
Pulpiness | Noun: pulpiness. Adjective: pulp, taste, dough, curd, pap, rob, jam, pudding, poultice, grume. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Taste |
| English words defined with "taste": in good taste, in poor taste ♦ sense of taste ♦ taste cell, Taste of buds, Taste of goblets, taste perception, taste property, taste sensation. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "taste": cooked taste, corked taste ♦ flinty taste ♦ pharmaceutical taste ♦ stalky taste, stemmy taste, Sweet Taste ♦ Taste Buds, taste of rubber, taste of seaweed or kelp, Taste Threshold. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "taste": saporous. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Taste" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (bar, button, key, pushbutton). |
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Screenplays | Evildoers are easier, and they taste better (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) Now it's time for all of us to get a taste. (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) What does it taste like (City of Angels; writing credit: Dana Stevens. Based on the screenplay for the 1997 film 'Der Himmel über Berlin') Words don't taste good, they don't smell good, they don't keep you warm at night, in fact, words never really leave the mind, do they (Moonlight and Valentino; writing credit: Ellen Simon) You do not know pain, you do not know fear. You will taste man-flesh (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) | |
Lyrics | Just why I taste ("Smells Like Teen Spirit"; performing artist: Nirvana) How his kisses taste sweet like wine (Invisible Man; performing artist: 98 Degrees; writing credit: Dane DeViller, Sean Hosein, and Steve Kipner) Taste me, Feed me (More Than A Woman; performing artist: Aaliyah) As you taste mine (Last Night; performing artist: Az Yet) The taste I'm touching (Tell Me; performing artist: Billie Myers) | |
Clever | Good taste is boundless, while bad taste knows no bounds. (references; author: unknown) Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny? (references; author: unknown) What's the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer? The taste. (references; author: unknown) Some people are bitter, some sour; others are sweet. Who you hang out with depends on your taste. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Taste (2001) A Taste of Hell (1973) Taste of Evil (1971) A Taste of Evil (1971) Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) | |
Song Titles | A TASTE OF HONEY (performing artist: Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass ) Taste of Honey (Instrumental) (performing artist: Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass) | |
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 | Asmine 85 has been rated as high or higher in aroma, taste, and texture than imported Thai Jasmine RICE, which fetches premium prices in the U.S. Credit: USDA. |  | Thanks to research, carrots, onions, garlic and cucumbers taste better and contain more nutrients. And better crop yields and disease resistance make more of these favorite foods available. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Sweet, juicy strawberries not only taste good, they're also full of nutrition. Low in calories and carbohydrates, the raw fruit is a good source of fiber potassium, iron, and vitamin C. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |  | WOW, the Wonderful Outdoor World program, brings a taste of a real camping experience to urban youth. Credit: Unknown. |
 | Front (east) portico. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, November 1959. (Reproduction Number: HABS, VT, 14-WOOD,1-4) Job Lyman, a young lawyer from Northampton, Massachusetts, finished this house in the village of Woodstock in 1810. He and his bride, Mary Hall, lived in it for many years while Job practiced law in town. The finely carved Neoclassical detailing on the entrance porch suggests Lyman's refined taste and the prosperity of Woodstock at the time of construction. Decorated with fluted Ionic columns and scrolled ornament, the porch also features steps made of granite from a nearby quarry. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Gives Naval Academy Midshipmen a "taste of salt water" on their annual cruise, during the early 1920s. She is followed by USS Delaware (BB-28) and USS North Dakota (BB-29). Credit: NAVY. |
 | Each to her own taste. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Somehow it doesn't taste as sweet as I thought it would!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The same man. Easy to see you're fond of children old Chap! Taste my nice ... Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Coffee and cakes taste pretty good to these San Quentin prisoners who have just given blood to the Red Cross mobile unit. Of the hundreds of men who volunteered to give blood to the bank, 150 were taken care of during the unit's four-hour visit to the pen. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Kitchen taste" by Federico Rocco Commentary: "Kitchen taste ketchup ." | "Wild Blueberries" by Ryan Ackerman Commentary: "Beautiful aren't they? We picked some of these on our hike. They taste as good as they look." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Christian Nevell Bovee | Bad taste is a species of bad morals. |
EugFne Delacroix | A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long. |
Francois De La Rochefoucauld | Taste may change, but inclination never. |
Friedrich Nietzsche | All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting. |
Gilda Radner | I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch. |
Lord Edward Fitzgerald | Taste is the feminine of genius. |
Marquis De Vauvenargues | To possess taste, one must have some soul. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Men lose their tempers in defending their taste. |
Thomas Jefferson | Taste cannot be controlled by law. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Disputable, however, as might be the taste of such a termination, it was in itself a charming walk, and the view which closed it extremely pretty |
Through the Looking-Glass | Carroll, Lewis | Alice took a piece to taste, but it was very dry. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Your riches and your enjoyments are advantages that I have over you in the debate, but it is not in good taste to avail myself of them |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | But when he had sung his song and withdrawn into a snug corner of the room he began to taste the joy of his loneliness |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I observed there was the flesh of several animals, but could not distinguish them by the taste. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Nothing was too trivial for the Hindoo lawgiver, however offensive it may be to modern taste. |
Twelfth Night | William Shakespeare | Taste your legs, sir; put them to motion |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Often, foods taste different. (references) | |
It has a distinctive bitter chemical taste. (references) | ||
Gustatory or taste cells react to food and beverages. (references) | ||
Business | To ensure a large market share, foreign manufacturers should endeavor to modify their designs for local consumers’ taste. (references) | |
Fast food has been able to compete with other restaurants because of their perceived fast service, clean facilities, reliable taste and affordable prices. (references) | ||
Manufacturers are in the process of modernizing and fine-tuning their production, in order to compete internationally not only in style and good taste, but also in volume, pricing and quality. (references) | ||
Economic History | India | However, the products tailored to Indian taste have better opportunities. (references) |
China | For the long term, as incomes rise and consumers continue to develop a taste for dairy products, the outlook and potential for large increases in consumption of dairy products are excellent. (references) | |
Taiwan | Overall growth in import market value ticked in also at 31%. Imported grapes enjoy market differentiation from local grapes; the latter tending to have a slightly more sour taste and tough skin. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EGOTIST, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me. Megaceph, chosen to serve the State In the halls of legislative debate, One day with all his credentials came To the capitol's door and announced his name. The doorkeeper looked, with a comical twist Of the face, at the eminent egotist, And said: "Go away, for we settle here All manner of questions, knotty and queer, And we cannot have, when the speaker demands To be told how every member stands, A man who to all things under the sky Assents by eternally voting 'I'." |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | Fast food is not only delicious to the taste, but also very soothing to the psyche. |
Dick Van Dyke | You know, I didn't have to defeat it. It slowly, but slowly just faded away. Suddenly it wasn't doing anything for me. It make me a little dizzy and a little sick and my taste for it and it just went away. |
Ed McMahon | Let me put it this way. I'm an Irishman. I was a Marine fighter pilot. We do tend to have a drink once in a while. When you get back from one of those missions, you do want to take a little taste of the sauce. |
Karl Lagerfeld | Then I don't have to make an effort because I see my personal taste based on silent movies, German expressionism, and a little tougher, harsher thing. |
Martha Stewart | Well, everybody has taste. Some people have bad taste. Some people good taste, naturally. But you can kind of alter the bad to good, if you work hard at it. |
Rush Limbaugh | Once a people denied freedom their whole life, taste a little freedom, it's over for the dictators. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | But his imagination is wild and extravagant, escapes incessantly from every restraint of reason and taste, and, in the course of its vagaries, leaves a tract of thought as incoherent and eccentric, as is the course of a meteor through the sky. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | His barbarous policy has not even spared those monuments of the arts and models of taste with which our country had enriched and embellished its infant metropolis. |
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| "Taste" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.51% of the time. "Taste" is used about 4,006 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.51% | 3,385 | 2,846 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 13.69% | 548 | 11,337 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.77% | 71 | 39,674 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,006 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "taste": a taste of garlic ♦ acquire a taste for ♦ acquired taste ♦ add a taste of salt ♦ after one's taste ♦ after taste ♦ bad taste ♦ bit to taste ♦ change taste ♦ cooked taste ♦ corked taste ♦ develop a taste for ♦ develop a taste for smth. ♦ dress in good taste ♦ flinty taste ♦ gamy taste ♦ get the taste of ♦ good taste ♦ have a good taste ♦ have a taste ♦ have a taste for ♦ have a taste of his bad temper ♦ have a taste of smth. ♦ have no taste for ♦ in bad taste ♦ in bad taste vulgar ♦ in good taste ♦ in poor taste ♦ it's a matter of taste ♦ lack of taste ♦ lapse of good taste ♦ lapse of taste ♦ leave a bad taste in one's mouth ♦ lose one's taste ♦ matter of taste ♦ mouldy taste ♦ musty taste ♦ nasty taste ♦ person of taste ♦ pharmaceutical taste ♦ pleasant taste ♦ sense of taste ♦ sour taste ♦ stalky taste ♦ stemmy taste ♦ strong taste ♦ tarry taste ♦ taste bitter ♦ taste blood ♦ taste bud ♦ Taste Buds ♦ taste cell ♦ Taste Disorders ♦ taste goblets ♦ taste good ♦ taste like smth. ♦ taste nice ♦ taste of ♦ Taste of buds ♦ taste of filter cloth ♦ Taste of goblets ♦ taste of onions or garlic ♦ taste of rubber ♦ taste of seaweed or kelp ♦ taste panel ♦ taste perception ♦ taste property ♦ taste sensation ♦ taste tarry ♦ taste test ♦ Taste Threshold ♦ taste wine ♦ that's a matter of taste ♦ to one's taste ♦ tonic alcoholic drink with a little bitter taste ♦ with a nasty taste. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "taste": taste-buds, taste-changes, taste-evoking, taste-free, taste-high, taste-maker, taste-makers, taste-poison, taste-presumably, taste-shaping, taste-testing, taste-tingling. | |
Ending with "taste": bad-taste. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
taste of chicago | 3,595 | cream ice taste | 65 |
taste of home | 1,028 | bad taste | 62 |
g taste | 408 | taste of texas | 60 |
taste | 357 | metallic taste | 59 |
minnesota taste | 336 | metal taste in mouth | 56 |
2003 chicago taste | 264 | lombard taste | 56 |
taste of tacoma | 215 | ink lyrics taste | 52 |
taste bud | 177 | home.com taste | 50 |
taste of home recipe | 137 | buffalo taste | 47 |
taste of home magazine | 135 | danforth taste | 47 |
hartford taste | 128 | taste of honey | 46 |
honolulu taste | 108 | bad taste bear | 45 |
ink taste | 88 | omaha taste | 45 |
in life more taste | 81 | city quad taste | 45 |
taste pure and simple | 77 | taste tippecanoe | 45 |
taste my cum | 77 | chicago festival taste | 43 |
metallic taste in mouth | 77 | mn taste | 43 |
semen taste | 76 | sense of taste | 42 |
ink lyrics taste used | 69 | loss of taste | 42 |
randolph taste | 67 | taste of america | 42 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "taste"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | smaak, proe. (various references) | |
Albanian | shijoj (enjoy, rejoice, relish, savor, savour), shijim (enjoyment), shije (Flavor, flavour, gusto, likes, liking, palate, relish, sapidity, sapor, savor, savour, smack), provoj (assay, attest, demonstrate, deprive, essay, establish, experience, fit on, make good, manifest, presume, pretend, prove, sample, savor, savour, show, substantiate, suffer, test, try, try on, try out, validate, venture, witness), provë (assay, audition, averment, demonstration, evidence, experiment, fact, fitting, flier, prill, probation, prolusion, proof, reasoning, rehearsal, run through, rush, school, seal, sign, substantiation, tasting, test, touch, trial, try, try on, try out, witness), prirje (affinity, aptitude, bent, current, disposition, drift, flair, fondness, gift, habit, inclination, leaning, liability, mission, penchant, proclivity, propensity, run, set, tendency, trend, vocation), ngjëroj (try), ndjej shijën, gusto (gusto). (various references) | |
Arabic | مقدار قليل يذاق, نكهة (aroma, flavor, flavour, race, relish, savor, savour, smack), حاسة الذوق (sense of taste), تصبيرة, تذوق (reload, savor, savour, tasting), طعم (diet, engraft, feed, fill, implant, inlay, inoculate, keep, nourish, relish, savor, savour, transplant, troll), ذوق (decorum, gust, palate, sense, tact), ذاق (sample, savor, savour). (various references) | |
Asturian | tastiar (to taste). (various references) | |
Basque | zapore. (various references) | |
Bemba | ukusonda (to taste). (various references) | |
Blackfoot | waatohtaki (to taste). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вкусвам, докарвам на (savor of, savour of), изпитвам удоволствие от (enjoy), имам вкус на (savor of, savour of), проба (assay, attempt, audition, experiment, hallmark, proof, sample, tentative, test, trial, try, try on, try out), опитвам (attempt, essay, experiment, partake, sample, try), дегустирам (sample), вкус (choice, discernment, fancy, flavour, inclination, liking, palate, penchant, relish, sapor, savor, savour, smack, stomach, tincture, tinge), склонност (addiction, affectation, aptitude, bent, bias, disposition, fancy, fondness, habit, inclination, leaning, liability, liking, partiality, penchant, ply, predilection, predispose, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, relish, squint, stomach, tendency, turn, vein), глътка (drachm, drag, drain, dram, draught, drink, drop, gulp, lap, mouthful, peg, pharynx, potion, pull, shot, sip, sup, swallow), късче (bit, cantlet, morsel, scrap, shred), хапка (morsel, mouthful, nibble, nip, tidbit, titbit), радвам се на (enjoy, groove), разбиране (apprehension, comprehension, conception, feeling, grasp, grip, hold, idea, knowing, opinion, perception, realization, understanding, uptake), ям (consume, discuss, eat, feed, have, mouth, partake, punish, take, tuck away, victual), обичам (affect, be fond of, care, care for, enjoy, like, love). (various references) | |
Cebuano | motilaw (to taste). (various references) | |
Chamorro | para ma taña (to taste). (various references) | |
Chinese | 滋味 , 啜 (drink, sip, suck), 啖 (eat, entice), 口味, 品味 , 味 . (various references) | |
Cornish | blasa (to taste). (various references) | |
Croatian | probao. (various references) | |
Czech | trocha (dash, squeeze, touch), zalíbení (fancy, Favor, favour), záliba (fondness, hobby, indulgence, liking, predilection, preference, relish, speciality, specialty, strain), vnímat (apprehend, perceive, take in, take notice), vkus (mind, palate, style, stylishness), poznat (experience, identify, know, learn, meet, recognize), okusit, náklonnost (affection, bent, bias, Favor, favour, fondness, goodwill, inclination, partiality, penchant, proclivity), líznout si, gusto (gusto), chutnat (enjoy), cítit (feel, sense, smell), špetka (dash, modicum, nip, sprinkling, trace, trifle, whit). (various references) | |
Danish | smag (acceptance, flavour, gustation, palatability, savour, sense of taste, tastiness), smage. (various references) | |
Dutch | smaken, smaak (good taste, sense of taste). (various references) | |
Esperanto | gustumo (sense of taste), gustumi, gusto, gusti. (various references) | |
Faeroese | smakka. (various references) | |
Farsi | مزه کردن (Savor), مزه دادن , مزه (Flavor, Gusto, Relish, Savor, Smack, Zest), چشیدن (Assay, Gust, Palate, Sip), چشاپی , لب زدن , سلیقه (Elegance, Style, Tact), طعم (Flavor, Gusto, Odor, Palate, Relish, Savor, Smack), ذوق (Goo, Gusto, Penchant, Relish, Verve, Zeal). (various references) | |
Finnish | maku (flavour), makuaisti (sense of taste). (various references) | |
French | goût (sense of taste), saveur, goûter. (various references) | |
Frisian | smaak. (various references) | |
German | Geschmack (flavor, flavoring, flavour, flavouring, gust, gusto, like, liking, palate, relish, savor, savors, savour, savours, smack, tastefulness), kosten (charge, charges, cost, costs, expenditure, expense, expenses, fees, outlay, sample, savor, savour, set back, take, to cost, to cost (cost), schmecken (be good, have a taste, taste good, to taste), geschmacksinn (sense of taste). (various references) | |
Greek | γεύση (flavour, palate, sapor, savor, savour, smack, zest). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לגימה (dram, draught, nip, nourishment, sip, sipping, swallow, tasting), לברות (eat), לטעום (sample), קורטוב (bit, dash, iota, modicum, pinch, shade, smack, spot, touch, trace), חבה (affection, attachment, esteem, fondness, liking, regard), טעימה (tasting), טעם (sense), נטיה (bent, deviation, disposition, inclination, leaning, liking, penchant, pitch, predilection, proclivity, propensity, rake, set, slant, spirit, streak, tendency, tenor, tide, tilt, trend). (various references) | |
Hungarian | íz (aroma, flavor, flavour, gust, relish, salt, savor, savour, say, smack, spice), ízlés (gusto, palate, sense of taste, style, teeth, tooth). (various references) | |
Icelandic | smakka. (various references) | |
Indonesian | merasa (perceive), mengenyam (experience, undergo), mencicipi, mencicip (chirp, eat, sip at, twitter), cicip (eat, sip at). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | uuktuqluni niqimik (to taste). (various references) | |
Irish | tÚstÚil, blas. (various references) | |
Italian | gusto (enjoyment, fancy, Flavor, flavour, gusto, kick, liking, palate, relish, savor, savour, smack, spice, zest), gustare (enjoy, relish, savor, savour), sapore (Flavor, flavour, gusto, relish, savor, savour, spice). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 趣 (appearance, charm, effect, gist, grace, meaning, refinement, tenor), 味 (flavor). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | くちあたり (hospitality, reception, treatment), あじ (flavor, horse mackerel, the letter a), このみ (berry, choice, fruit, liking, nut), こうしょう (a bite, advanced, announcing publicly, arsenal, artisan, authentication, conferring of an award, connection, discussions, fancy, fashion, high, investigation, licensed prostitution, loud laughter, loud or high-pitched voice, mechanic, negotiations, noble, notarization, occupational injury, oral tradition, ore deposit, passing on by word of mouth, public name, recitation, refined, registered prostitute, school badge, shining, spring of yellow buds, Welfare Minister), ふうち (elegance), ふうみ (flavor), みかく (palate, sense of taste), ふぜい (air, appearance, elegance, entertainment, hospitality, taxation, urban prefectural tax), すききらい (likes and dislikes), くちざわり (treatment), しこう (aim, carrying out, directional, draft of a poem, enforcing, execution, intention, liking, making an attempt, one's own thoughts or opinion, OO, personal conduct, preference, supremacy, supreme, supreme filial piety, thought, tooth tartar, waiting upon), テイスト , テースト , がんみ (air or style of disinterestedness, appreciation, relish, the flavor of Zen, thinking over carefully), おもむき (appearance, aspect, charm, effect, gist, grace, influence, meaning, refinement, tenor), ふうりゅう (elegance, refinement). (various references) | |
Kongo | ku-bimba (to taste). (various references) | |
Korean | 맛 (savour). (various references) | |
Macedonian | vkusuva (to taste). (various references) | |
Manx | blaystyn, blayster, blayst (flavour, tang), blasstyn (relish, savour), blass (accent, flavour, overtone, spiciness, tinge). (various references) | |
Maya | nii'-chi' (to taste). (various references) | |
Mohawk | -tkènse's (to taste). (various references) | |
Norwegian | smak (flavour). (various references) | |
Occitan | sabor, gost. (various references) | |
Papago | jehk (to taste). (various references) | |
Papiamen | sabor (aroma, flavour), gustu, gusto. (various references) | |
Pidgin English | tasse. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | astetay.(various references) | |
Polish | gust. (various references) | |
Portuguese | gosto (dribblet, fellow feeling, flair, flavor, fondness, gust, gusto, like, liking, palate, pleasure, propensity, raciness, relish, salt, sapidity, sapor, savor, savour, spice, style, tooth, treat, zest), sabor (dribblet, flavor, relish, salt, sapidity, sapor, savor, savour, spice, zest), provar (argue, attempt, attest, deraign, evidence, evince, fit on, make out, prove, sample, savor, savour, show, substantiate, test, testify, to try, try, try on, try out), prova (attestation, competition, confirmation, exam, examination, experiment, investigation, proof, rehearsal, sense of taste, shew, shibboleth, show, sign, slip, test, testimony, testing, token, trial, try, try-out, voucher, warrant), paladar (palate, savor, savour, spice, tang, tooth). (various references) | |
Provencal | tastar (to taste). (various references) | |
Romanian | gusta (enjoy, experience, feel, relish, sip, try, undergo). (various references) | |
Romany | tatìnav (to taste). (various references) | |
Russian | вкусовое ощущение, вкус (flavour, liking, palate, relish, sapidity, sapor, savor, savour, smack, tastefulness, tastiness), отведать (try), пробовать вкус, пробовать (help with, try, try over), испробовать на вкус, иметь вкус (relish, savor, savour, smack). (various references) | |
Samoan | e tofo (to taste). (various references) | |
Scottish | blas (flavour, savour). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ukus (flavor, flavour, gusto, relish, sapor, savor, savour, smack), sklonost (affinity, bent, bias, calling, fancy, fondness, inclination, leaning, liking, penchant, proclivity, propensity, tendency), probati (essay, rehearse, sample, test, try, try on), probanje (fitting, sampling), predstava (idea, notion, performance, show), osetiti ukus, okusiti (experience), imati ukus (savor, savour). (various references) | |
Sicilian | assaggiari (to taste). (various references) | |
Spanish | gusto (fancy, favoritism, favouritism, Flavor, flavour, liking, pleasure, relish, savor, savour, tastefulness, treat, zest, zing), saborear (gloat over, relish, savor, savour), sabor (Flavor, flavour, gusto, relish, sapor, savor, savour, smack, spice, spiceness, tang, tastiness, treat). (various references) | |
Swazi | kú-nambítsa (to taste). (various references) | |
Swedish | smak (fancy, Flavor, flavour, gusto, palate, partiality, relish, sapor, savor, savour), smaka (experience, have a taste), avsmaka. (various references) | |
Thai | ชิม, การชิม, รสนิยม, รสชาติ (savor, smack), ประสาทในการรับรส. (various references) | |
Tswana | monate (fun, nice, taste wonderfully). (various references) | |
Turkish | tatmak (die, experience, extract, know, sample, try), tat (Flavor, flavour, gustatory, relish, sapidity, sauce, savor, savoriness, savour, savouriness, sweet, zest), tadına bakmak (have a go), tadımlık miktar, tadı olmak, tad (Flavor, flavour, good taste, race, salt, savor, savour), zevk (bang, delectation, delight, enjoyment, fancy, good taste, gratification, gusto, indulgence, kick, like, liking, luxury, meat, pleasure, relish, savor, savour, sweet, treat), yaşamak (affect, dwell, exist, experience, inhabit, live, subsist), lezzet (daintiness, Flavor, flavour, gladness, good taste, joy, lusciousness, relish, salt, sapidity, sauce, savor, savoriness, savour, savouriness, smack, zest), beğeni (acclaim, admiration, applause, credit, eclat, fancy, good taste, inclination, like, liking, regard), çeşni (flavour, garnish, medley, offflavour, relish, seasoning, spice, zest). (various references) | |
Turkmen | tagam (dish, flavor), datmak, dadyrmak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | схильність (addiction, amenability, appetite, aptitude, aptness, bend, bent, care, hang, leaning, penchant, polarity, predisposition, prepossession, strain, vein), смак (gusto, palate, sapor, smack, style), розуміння (apprehension, conception, consciousness, insight, knowing, knowledge, understanding, uptake), тактовність (delicacy, finesse, tact), куштувати, мати смак (eat, savor, savour, smack), проба (alloy, analysis, approof, audition, countersign, hallmark, novitiate, plate-mark, proof, proving, tasting, try out), дістати уявлення, дегустувати. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thị hiếu khiếu thẩm mỹ, vị vị giác sự nếm, sự trải qua, sự thưởng thức (gusto), sự nếm mùi. (various references) | |
Welsh | profi (approve, assay, experience, prove, try), clywed (feel, hear, smell), chwaethu, chwaeth, blasu, blas (relish), archwaethu (savor), archwaeth (appetite). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | delibor, gusta, gustabit, gustabunt, gustans, gustare, gustaret, gustassent, gustasset, gustastis, gustata, gustate, gustatum, gustaturos, gustaverim, gustaveris, gustavero, gustaverunt, gustavi, gustavit, gustus, sapor, saporem, saporis. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | byrigan, onbyrigan. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | gusto. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | taster. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 14, Verse 34 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kalon to alaV ean de to alaV mwranqh en tini artuqhsetai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Bonum est sal si autem sal quoque evanuerit in quo condietur |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | God ys sealt gif hit awyrð on þam þe hit gesylt bið. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Salt is good; but if salt vanysche, in what thing schal it be sauerid? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Salt is good but yf salt have loste hyr saltnes what shall be seasoned ther with? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Salt is good: but if the salt hath lost its savor, with what shall it be seasoned? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 14, Verse 34 |
| Cebuano | "Ang asin maoy usa ka maayong butang; apan kon ang asin kawad-an sa iyang lami, unsaon pa man sa pagpabalik sa kaparat niini? |
| Croatian | "Dobra je sol. Ali ako i sol obljutavi, èime æe se ona zaèiniti? |
| Danish | Saltet er altså godt; men dersom også Saltet mister sin Kraft, hvorved skal det da få den igen? |
| Dutch | Het zout is goed; maar indien het zout smakeloos geworden is, waarmede zal het smakelijk gemaakt worden? |
| Finnish | Suola on hyvä; mutta jos suolakin käy mauttomaksi, millä se saadaan suolaiseksi? |
| French | Le sel est une bonne chose; mais si le sel perd sa saveur, avec quoi l`assaisonnera-t-on? |
| German | Das Salz ist ein gutes Ding; wo aber das Salz dumm wird, womit wird man's würzen? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Garam itu baik, tetapi kalau menjadi tawar, mungkinkah diasinkan kembali? |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Adapun garam itu baik; tetapi jikalau garam itu menjadi tawar, dengan apakah dapat ia dimasinkan pula? |
| Italian | Il sale è buono, ma se anche il sale perdesse il sapore, con che cosa lo si salerà? |
| Latvian | Sâls ir laba lieta, bet ja sâls paliek nederîga, kâ lai to uzlabo? |
| Manx Gaelic | Ta sollan mie: agh my ta'n sollan er choayl e vlass, kys hig e vree ayn reesht? |
| Maori | No reira he pai te tote: otira ki te hemo te ha o te tote, ma te aha ka whai ha ai? |
| Norwegian | Salt er en god ting, men når også saltet mister sin kraft, hvad skal det da saltes med? |
| Portuguese | Bom é o sal; mas se o sal se tornar insípido, com que se há de restaurar-lhe o sabor? |
| Rumanian | Sarea este bunq; dar dacq sarea kwi pierde gustul ei de sare, prin ce i se va da knapoi gustul acesta? |
| Russian | уПМШ--ДПВТБС ЧЕЭШ; ОП ЕУМЙ УПМШ РПФЕТСЕФ УЙМХ, ЮЕН ЙУРТБЧЙФШ ЕЕ? |
| Shuar | `Weeka jeaku pénkeraiti. Tura michumarka ¿itiurak atak pénker ati? |
| Spanish | "Buena es la sal; pero si la sal se vuelve insípida, ¿con qué será sazonada? |
| Swahili | "Chumvi ni nzuri; lakini ikipoteza ladha yake, itakolezwa na nini? |
| Swedish | Så är väl saltet en god sak, men om till och med saltet mister sin sälta, varmed skall man då återställa dess kraft? |
| Uma | "Poi', wori' kalaua-na. Aga ane mobali' -mi kapoi' -na alaa-na uma-pi mopoi', napa tena to ma'ala mpakapoi' -i? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "taste": tasted, tasteful, tastefully, tastefulness, tastefulnesses, tasteless, tastelessly, tastelessness, tastelessnesses, tastemaker, tastemakers, taster, tasters, tastes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "taste": aftertaste, distaste, foretaste, pretaste, retaste. (additional references) | |
Words containing "taste": aftertastes, cytaster, cytasters, distasted, distasteful, distastefully, distastefulness, distastefulnesses, distastes, foretasted, foretastes, poetaster, poetasters, pretasted, pretastes, retasted, retastes, untasted. (additional references) | |
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"Taste" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aste, atete, kaste, shaste, tacte, Tamtec, tante, tase, taset, tast, tasten, tastey, tastle, tata, tatay, tates, tati, tatoe, taute, taxten, tazze, testen, testi, testo, tewte, tezet, Tfasta, Tista, toaste, toset, tosta, toste, tsade, tsta, tsti, tvsat, twase, tystie. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "taste" (pronounced tā"st) |
| 4 | t ā" s t | distaste, foretaste. |
| 3 | -ā" s t | aced, based, braced, chased, chaste, debased, defaced, disgraced, displaced, embraced, encased, erased, faced, graced, haste, interlaced, laced, misplaced, paced, paste, placed, raced, replaced, retraced, spaced, traced, unplaced, waist, waste. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: state, tates, teats, testa. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: ates, east, eats, etas, sate, seat, seta, sett, stat, stet, tate, tats, teas, teat, test, tets. | |
-2 letters: ate, att, eat, eta, sae, sat, sea, set, tae, tas, tat, tea, tet. | |
-3 letters: ae, as, at, es, et, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: aptest, astute, attest, bettas, estate, latest, lattes, mattes, stacte, stated, stater, states, statue, tamest, tasset, tasted, taster, tastes, taters, testae, tetras, thetas, treats. | |
+2 letters: acutest, artiest, artiste, atheist, attends, attests, attires, attunes, batiste, battens, batters, battles, battues, bistate, casette, catties, costate, daftest, estated, estates, estreat, etatism, etatist, fastest, fattens, fattest, fatties, featest, gestalt, gestate, hastate, hatters, instate, iratest, latents, latests, lattens, matters, metates, mutates, natters, neatest, notates, nutates, outeats, patents, pattens, patters, patties, peltast, ratites, rattens, ratters, rattles, restart, restate, retaste, rotates, saltest, satiate, satiety, satinet, scatted, scatter, scutate, septate, sextant, shatter, situate, slatted, smatter, spatted, spatter, stactes, staithe, stalest, starets, starlet, started, starter, startle, stately, staters, statice, stative, statued, statues, stature, statute, stealth, stomate, stretta, striate, stylate, swatted, swatter, tablets, tackets, talents, tallest, tannest, tappets, tapster, targets, tartest, tassets, tasters, tastier, tatters, tatties, tattles, tautens, tautest, taxites, teapots, tenants, testacy, testate, tetanus, tetrads, threats, toasted, toaster, tsatske, unstate, upstate, vastest, wattest, wattles, yatters. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Bible Trace 20. Abbreviations | 21. Acronyms 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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