Meaning of the word taste

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • tast (obsolete)

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /teɪst/
  • Rhymes: -eɪst

Noun[edit]

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[1]:

      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. (uncountable, 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.

  7. A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

Synonyms[edit]

  • (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[edit]

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

Meronyms[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from taste (noun)

Translations[edit]

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 (ṭaʿam)
  • Armenian: համ (hy) (ham)
  • Aromanian: gustu
  • Assamese: জুতি (zuti), সোৱাদ (xüad)
  • Azerbaijani: dad (az)
  • Bashkir: тәм (täm), тат (tat)
  • Basque: dastamen (eu)
  • Belarusian: смак m (smak)
  • Bengali: স্বাদ (bn) (śad), সোয়াদ (bn) (śoad), মজা (bn) (môza)
  • 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:
    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)
    Min Dong: 味 (ê)
  • 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
  • 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 (ckb) (tam), چاخ‎ (ckb) (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, savur
  • Macedonian: вкус m (vkus)
  • Malay: rasa (ms)
  • Manchu: ᠠᠮᡨᠠᠨ (amtan)
  • Mansaka: nanam
  • Maori: tāwara
  • Middle English: smak
  • Mongolian:
    Cyrillic: амт (mn) (amt)
  • Nanai: амтан
  • Nivkh: амра (amra)
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: smak m
    Nynorsk: smak m
  • Occitan: tast, gost (oc)
  • 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)
  • Punjabi: ਸੁਆਦ (pa) m (suāda)
  • Polish: smak (pl) m
  • Portuguese: gosto (pt) m, sabor (pt) m
  • Romanian: gust (ro) n
  • Romansch: gust, gost
  • Russian: вкус (ru) m (vkus)
  • Sindhi: سواد‎ m (swadu)
  • Sanskrit: रस (sa) m (rasa)
  • Sardinian: gustu
  • Scottish Gaelic: blas m
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: у̀кус m
    Roman: ùkus (sh) m
  • Sicilian: gustu (scn) m
  • 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)
  • 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
  • Venetian: saor (vec) m, saore
  • Vietnamese: vị (vi) (味)
  • Welsh: blas (cy) m
  • West Coast Bajau: reso
  • Zhuang: feihdauh

implicit set of preferences

  • Arabic: ذَوْق‎ (ar) m (ḏawq)
    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 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)

(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)

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
  • Spanish: (please verify) gusto (es) m
  • Swedish: (1,2) (please verify) smak (sv) c
  • Telugu: (please verify) రుచి (te) (ruci) (1), (please verify) అభిరుచి (te) (abhiruci) (2)

Verb[edit]

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.
    • 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.

    • 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], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

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

  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.
    • 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

Synonyms[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

  • tastes like chicken

Translations[edit]

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)
  • 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, 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
  • Hungarian: ízlel (hu), kóstol (hu), megízlel (hu), megkóstol (hu)
  • Iban: megai
  • Icelandic: bragða, smakka (is)
  • Ido: gustar (io)
  • Ingrian: proovata
  • 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
  • Lao: ຊີມ (sīm)
  • Latin: gusto
  • Latvian: garšot
  • Lombard: gustà
  • Maltese: daq
  • Maori: ngutungutu, hā
  • Middle English: smacchen, smaken
  • Mongolian: амтлах (mn) (amtlax)
  • Moore: leemse
  • Mòcheno: kostn
  • Nepali: चाख्नु (ne) (cākhnu)
  • Norman: gouôter
  • Norwegian: smake
  • Occitan: tastar (oc), gostar
  • 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)
  • Swedish: smaka (sv), provsmaka (sv)
  • 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
  • Icelandic: bragðast
  • Italian: sapere (it)
  • Japanese: 味がする (aji ga suru)
  • Kabuverdianu: purba, prová
  • Latin: sapiō
  • Latvian: garšot
  • Maltese: daq
  • 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)

Translations to be checked

  • Danish: (please verify) smage

Further reading[edit]

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

Anagrams[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English taste.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Cantonese (Jyutping): tei1 si2
  • 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[edit]

taste

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

References[edit]

  • English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the noun tast.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -astə

Verb[edit]

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

  1. To type

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

  • indtaste

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

taste

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of tasten

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

taste

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

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • tast, taist

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old French tast.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /taːst/, /tast/

Noun[edit]

taste (uncountable)

  1. perceived flavor

Descendants[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Verb[edit]

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)

[edit]

  • tast (noun)
  • tastatur

References[edit]

  • “taste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

taste (Cyrillic spelling тасте)

  1. vocative singular of tast
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verb (used with object), tast·ed, tast·ing.

to try or test the flavor or quality of (something) by taking some into the mouth: to taste food.

to eat or drink a little of: She barely tasted her dinner.

to eat or drink (often used in negative constructions): He hadn’t tasted food for three days.

to perceive or distinguish the flavor of:to taste the wine in a sauce.

to have or get experience, especially a slight experience: these young men who had only begun to taste life.

to perceive in any way.

Archaic. to enjoy or appreciate.

Obsolete.

  1. to examine by touch; feel.
  2. to test or try.

verb (used without object), tast·ed, tast·ing.

to try the flavor or quality of something.

to eat or drink a little (usually followed by of): She tasted of the cake.

to perceive or distinguish the flavor of anything.

to have experience of something, however limited or slight.

to have a particular flavor (often followed by of): The coffee tastes bitter. The bread tastes of mold.

to smack or savor (usually followed by of): The story tastes of treason.

noun

the act of tasting food or drink.

the sense by which the flavor or savor of things is perceived when they are brought into contact with the tongue.

the sensation or quality as perceived by this sense; flavor.

a small quantity tasted; a morsel, bit, or sip.

a relish, liking, or partiality for something: a taste for music.

the sense of what is fitting, harmonious, or beautiful; the perception and enjoyment of what constitutes excellence in the fine arts, literature, fashion, etc.

the sense of what is seemly, polite, tactful, etc., to say or do in a given social situation.

one’s personal attitude or reaction toward an aesthetic phenomenon or social situation, regarded as either good or bad.

the ideas of aesthetic excellence or of aesthetically valid forms prevailing in a culture or personal to an individual: a sample of Victorian taste; I consulted only my own taste in decorating this room.

the formal idiom preferred by a certain artist or culture; style; manner: a façade in the Baroque taste.

a slight experience or a sample of something: a taste of adventure.

a feeling or sensation resulting from an experience: a compromise that left a bad taste in her mouth.

Obsolete. test or trial.

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Idioms about taste

    to one’s taste, agreeable or pleasing to one: He couldn’t find any ties that were completely to his taste.

Origin of taste

First recorded in 1250–1300; (verb) Middle English tasten “to touch, taste,” from Old French taster “to touch, explore by touching” (Middle French: “to touch, taste”); cognate with Italian tastare, Provençal, Old Spanish tastar, of uncertain origin; (noun) Middle English tast “sense of touch, a trying, tasting,” from Old French, derivative of taster

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17. Taste, flavor, savor refer to a quality that is perceived when a substance is placed upon the tongue. Taste is the general word: the taste of roast beef. Flavor is a characteristic taste, usually of a pleasing kind, and as of some ingredient put into the food: lemon flavor. Savor, much less common than taste or flavor, implies pleasing scent as well as taste or flavor, and connotes enjoyment in tasting: The sauce has an excellent savor.

historical usage of taste

The English noun taste (Middle English tast ) is derived from the Middle English verb tasten “to taste (food, medicine), perceive a flavor, palpate or feel (a patient), experience or feel something (also referring to sexual feeling), test someone or something, attempt.”
Tasten was borrowed from Old French taster “to touch, try,” from an unrecorded Vulgar Latin verb tastāre (or taxtāre or taxitāre ), which is most likely an alteration of a frequentative verb formed from tangere “to touch, tap, taste (food), lay hands on, affect (with emotion), seize, defraud.” (A frequentative verb is one that expresses repetition of an action).
Though the meaning “to try or examine by touch; to feel” is now obsolete, the current figurative meaning “to have a slight experience of something” has developed from that literal use. And of course the primary meaning “to try the flavor of something” is merely referring to another one of our five senses that is stimulated by food taken into the mouth.

OTHER WORDS FROM taste

tast·a·ble, taste·a·ble, adjectivepre·taste, noun, verb (used with object), pre·tast·ed, pre·tast·ing.re·taste, verb, re·tast·ed, re·tast·ing.un·tast·a·ble, adjective

un·taste·a·ble, adjectiveun·tast·ed, adjectiveun·tast·ing, adjective

Words nearby taste

tassel, tassel flower, tasset, tassie, Tasso, taste, taste bud, taste buds, tasteful, tasteless, tastemaker

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MORE ABOUT TASTE

What is a basic definition of taste?

Taste is the human sense that we use to experience the flavors of things we eat and drink. Taste is the flavor of something, and to taste something means to eat or drink a small amount of it. Taste has many other senses as a verb and a noun.

Taste is one of the five basic senses, along with sight, hearing, smell, and touch. Our senses are how we perceive stimuli from within or without the body.

  • Real-life examples: Humans use their mouth, tongue, and taste buds to experience the flavor or sensations of different foods and drinks. Animals have a sense of taste as well, although most of them have different taste buds than humans so foods will have different flavors to them.
  • Used in a sentence: When Isiah was sick he lost his sense of taste and his mother’s soup no longer tasted good to him.

The unique sensation or flavor that a food, drink, or other thing causes is called its taste. Something that has a good taste is said to be tasty.

  • Real-life examples: Most fruits have a sweet taste. A lot of people do not like the taste of fish. Chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice cream all have different tastes.
  • Used in a sentence: I know cauliflower is good for me, but I just don’t like the taste of it.

Taste is used to mean to put a small amount of something into your mouth to determine what kind of sensation it causes. This way, we can tell “what it tastes like.”

  • Real-life examples: Parents everywhere struggle to get children to even taste their vegetables. You might cautiously taste a piece of unfamiliar food. A chef may taste a small spoonful of their cooking to see if it needs more spices.
  • Used in a sentence: The puppy tasted only a small bite of the new dog food before walking away in disgust.

Where does taste come from?

The first records of taste come from around 1250. It ultimately comes from the Old French taster, meaning “to touch” or “to explore by touching.”

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How is taste used in real life?

Taste is a very common word that people use to describe the flavors of foods and drinks that they consume.

I don’t know when I became a coffee lover. I used to hate the taste of it lol

— Taylor ✨ (@taayylorrnicole) November 30, 2020

I’m trying a blueberry ginger pie recipe and I just tasted the filling and it is SO GOOD! I can’t wait to eat it! 🤤

— Lauren Skidmore (@ilaurenskidmore) November 26, 2020

I made tea like 10 minutes ago and literally didn’t even taste it before it fell all over a bunch of my stuff🙃🙃

— hazel (@hzelafrodite) July 6, 2020

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You might say your soup tastes loud.

Words related to taste

aftertaste, aroma, bit, touch, appetite, desire, fondness, heart, palate, penchant, type, understanding, appreciation, culture, elegance, feeling, grace, perception, style, chew

How to use taste in a sentence

  • Last year the company did a taste test for employees, investors, and a group of chefs and restaurateurs.

  • Olivia Ghaussy got a taste of how quickly anyone can build a following on social media.

  • They’re oversized, so you’ll never wish you had more fabric, and they come in a few neutral shades to generally fit most tastes.

  • Rodríguez said on the 14th day of her quarantine she began to lose her sense of taste, suffered from severe headaches and palpitations.

  • What we didn’t know was how many thousands of you would phone and write asking us to bring back the classic taste of original Coca-Cola.

  • The taste of metal cutlery after years of plastic can also taste funny.

  • Whisk in the half and half and season to taste with salt and pepper.

  • To the uninitiated, this might smack of poor taste and inappropriate timing.

  • The correspondent does a stand-up next to a burning pile of heroin and gets a taste of its effect.

  • For Paul, the thrill of breakfast with the Reverend, may be giving way to the taste of burnt toast.

  • She was flushed and felt intoxicated with the sound of her own voice and the unaccustomed taste of candor.

  • In connection with this step the practice of melodies is useful, if one has musical taste.

  • She fancied there was a sympathy of thought and taste between them, in which fancy she was mistaken.

  • A world that has known five years of fighting has lost its taste for the honest drudgery of work.

  • I had no idea of going back to Benton right away, and sitting around Fort Walsh waiting for something to turn up was not my taste.

British Dictionary definitions for taste

noun

the sense by which the qualities and flavour of a substance are distinguished by the taste buds

the sensation experienced by means of the taste buds

the act of tasting

a small amount eaten, drunk, or tried on the tongue

a brief experience of somethinga taste of the whip

a preference or liking for something; inclinationto have a taste for danger

the ability to make discerning judgments about aesthetic, artistic, and intellectual matters; discriminationto have taste

judgment of aesthetic or social matters according to a generally accepted standardbad taste

discretion; delicacythat remark lacks taste

obsolete the act of testing

verb

to distinguish the taste of (a substance) by means of the taste buds

(usually tr) to take a small amount of (a food, liquid, etc) into the mouth, esp in order to test the qualityto taste the wine

(often foll by of) to have a specific flavour or tastethe tea tastes of soap; this apple tastes sour

(when intr, usually foll by of) to have an experience of (something)to taste success

(tr) an archaic word for enjoy

(tr) obsolete to test by touching

Derived forms of taste

tastable, adjective

Word Origin for taste

C13: from Old French taster, ultimately from Latin taxāre to appraise

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Other Idioms and Phrases with taste

see acquired taste; dose (taste) of one’s own medicine; leave a bad taste in one’s mouth; no accounting for tastes; poor taste.

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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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Verb



The pie tasted too sweet.



The wine tastes like vinegar.



She said there was garlic in the sauce, but I couldn’t really taste it.



Have you ever tasted anything so delicious?



I tasted the tea and put more sugar in it.



She offered to taste the wine.



He tasted the tea to see if it was sweet enough.



This is the first food I’ve tasted since yesterday.



She talked about the day when she first tasted the joy of flying.



He has tasted the frustration of defeat.

Noun



The wine had a slightly bitter taste.



She likes the taste of apples and cinnamon.



I detected a strong taste of ginger in the sauce.



The illness affected her sense of taste.

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«Note their shape, their exact colour; note their peculiar odour; and, above all, note their taste; for there are other plants, quite worthless for the purpose, closely resembling this one; but the _taste_ will at once tell you when you have found the right one.» ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)

I. ii.47 (332,4) taste of my virtue] Though _taste_ may stand in this place, yet I believe we should read, _assay_ or _test_ of my virtue: they are both metallurgical terms, and properly joined. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

The term taste, like all other figurative terms, is not extremely accurate; the thing which we understand by it is far from ❋ Unknown (2007)

The term taste, like all other figurative terms, is not extremely accurate; the thing which we understand by it is far from a simple and determinate idea in the minds of most men, and it is therefore liable to uncertainty and confusion. ❋ Unknown (1909)

We apply the term taste to that act of the mind by which we like or dislike, whatever be the subject. ❋ Joshua Reynolds (1757)

As music has become more disposable, the term taste maker has slowly, but certainly, evolved into taste aggregator and sitting down with a challenging record is somehow no longer worth the effort. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The thickness of the cut and the taste is the best with Choong Moo Roh. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, her taste is a bit questionable (obviously; look who she married) so something had to be done. ❋ Tyler (2009)

The other quarter of the time, their taste is acceptable. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Since the hummus, pita and falafals are prepared everyday fresh, the taste is amazing. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A buck a taste is a great price, but probably not very helpful when it comes to paying the bills. ❋ Unknown (2007)

That being said, Thunderbird for my taste is a fine email client for home and work with a transparent LDAP interface. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Just a taste is all you need to change the way you think about yogurt. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Like most things deep-flavored, complex, and both sweet and bitter (dark chocolate, espresso with sugar), cane syrup, once the taste is acquired, can become addictive. ❋ Unknown (2005)

[Hey man], [gimme] a taste of that. ❋ Tiffster (2004)

Taste is the [measuring stick] for how «in fashion» you are to the [current] [fad]. ❋ The Shredder (2005)

1. «Let me taste those gallons.»
2. «Dude you just got fucking TASTED!»
3. «That [tacs] was soooo taste.»
4. «Damn, did you see that [tang]? She was taste [as balls].» ❋ Zack Mooney (2006)

1)[Chewey] gave [Dominic] a taste of [cheek].
2)Instead of punching him, i gave him a taste. ❋ Captain Of The Self-help Organization (2005)

[Person 1]: «Wow she’s [pretty hot]»
[Person 2]: «TAST» ❋ Soccer Fag (2015)

[Come over] here and [taste it]
Taste on it
[Have a taste] ❋ Taste It (2015)

JOE: «I’ve fucking [seen that] car pass by three times today and you know good and well they don’t live here.»
JUAN: «Man, you know [those bitches] are [TASTING].» ❋ Chris Borrelli (2006)

[Pete] [needs] to taste it!
Man, today is totally [tasting] it. ❋ J-Sin (2004)

«[Oi mate], check her out… She’s [taste]!»
Chris: «I can’t believe how well [Ronaldinho] is playing today»
Rob: «Yeah I know, that boys got his taste on!» ❋ Gimpypacman (2006)

Example 1:
I texted my girlfriend that I need to be tasted tonight.
Example 2:
Joe: I need [to bang] you tonight.
Jill: I can’t. [Aunt Flow] is visiting. But, I can [taste you] instead. ❋ Xpert_100 (2011)

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TASTE

From Old French taster, ultimately from Latin taxāre to appraise.

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PRONUNCIATION OF TASTE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TASTE

Taste is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb taste in English.

WHAT DOES TASTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Taste

Taste, gustatory perception, or gustation is the sensory impression of food or other substances on the tongue and is one of the five traditional senses. Taste is the sensation produced when a substance in the mouth reacts chemically with taste receptor cells located on taste buds. Taste, along with smell and trigeminal nerve stimulation, determines flavors of food or other substances. Humans have taste receptors on taste buds and other areas including the upper surface of the tongue and the epiglottis. The tongue is covered with thousands of small bumps called papillae, which are easily visible to the naked eye. Within each papilla are hundreds of taste buds. The exception to this is the filiform papillae that do not contain taste buds. There are between 2000 and 5000 taste buds that are located on the back and front of the tongue. Others are located on the roof, sides and back of the mouth, and in the throat. Each taste bud contains 50 to 100 taste receptor cells. The sensation of taste can be categorized into five basic tastes: sweetness, sourness, saltiness, bitterness, and umami.


Definition of taste in the English dictionary

The first definition of taste in the dictionary is the sense by which the qualities and flavour of a substance are distinguished by the taste buds. Other definition of taste is the sensation experienced by means of the taste buds. Taste is also the act of tasting.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TASTE

PRESENT

Present

I taste

you taste

he/she/it tastes

we taste

you taste

they taste

Present continuous

I am tasting

you are tasting

he/she/it is tasting

we are tasting

you are tasting

they are tasting

Present perfect

I have tasted

you have tasted

he/she/it has tasted

we have tasted

you have tasted

they have tasted

Present perfect continuous

I have been tasting

you have been tasting

he/she/it has been tasting

we have been tasting

you have been tasting

they have been tasting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I tasted

you tasted

he/she/it tasted

we tasted

you tasted

they tasted

Past continuous

I was tasting

you were tasting

he/she/it was tasting

we were tasting

you were tasting

they were tasting

Past perfect

I had tasted

you had tasted

he/she/it had tasted

we had tasted

you had tasted

they had tasted

Past perfect continuous

I had been tasting

you had been tasting

he/she/it had been tasting

we had been tasting

you had been tasting

they had been tasting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will taste

you will taste

he/she/it will taste

we will taste

you will taste

they will taste

Future continuous

I will be tasting

you will be tasting

he/she/it will be tasting

we will be tasting

you will be tasting

they will be tasting

Future perfect

I will have tasted

you will have tasted

he/she/it will have tasted

we will have tasted

you will have tasted

they will have tasted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been tasting

you will have been tasting

he/she/it will have been tasting

we will have been tasting

you will have been tasting

they will have been tasting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would taste

you would taste

he/she/it would taste

we would taste

you would taste

they would taste

Conditional continuous

I would be tasting

you would be tasting

he/she/it would be tasting

we would be tasting

you would be tasting

they would be tasting

Conditional perfect

I would have taste

you would have taste

he/she/it would have taste

we would have taste

you would have taste

they would have taste

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been tasting

you would have been tasting

he/she/it would have been tasting

we would have been tasting

you would have been tasting

they would have been tasting

Conditional or «future-in-the-past» tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you taste
we let´s taste
you taste

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Present Participle

tasting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TASTE

Synonyms and antonyms of taste in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS OF «TASTE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «taste» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «taste» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TASTE

Find out the translation of taste to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of taste from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «taste» in English.

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味道

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English — Spanish


gusto

570 millions of speakers

English


taste

510 millions of speakers

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स्वाद

380 millions of speakers

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ذَوْق

280 millions of speakers

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вкус

278 millions of speakers

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gosto

270 millions of speakers

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স্বাদ

260 millions of speakers

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goût

220 millions of speakers

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Rasa

190 millions of speakers

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Geschmack

180 millions of speakers

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味

130 millions of speakers

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맛

85 millions of speakers

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rasa

85 millions of speakers

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vị

80 millions of speakers

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சுவை

75 millions of speakers

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चव

75 millions of speakers

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damak zevki

70 millions of speakers

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gusto

65 millions of speakers

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smak

50 millions of speakers

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смак

40 millions of speakers

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gust

30 millions of speakers

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γεύση

15 millions of speakers

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smaak

14 millions of speakers

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smak

10 millions of speakers

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smak

5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of taste

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TASTE»

The term «taste» is very widely used and occupies the 3.426 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TASTE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about taste

10 QUOTES WITH «TASTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word taste.

I wanted to take nouvelle cuisine further, to the point where we were breaking down the essence of taste and sensation, reconfiguring food as a series of really intense hits on the tongue.

My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India.

Traditionally, Seattle has been a great sports town and great football town. What the Huskies have achieved over the years has been pretty amazing. That’s how I got my first taste of football — when I went with my father to Husky Stadium.

A poem generated by its own laws may be unrealized and bad in terms of so-called objective principles of taste, judgement, deduction.

I’m meticulous about tasting everything at the restaurant, so I taste all the preparations before lunch and dinner. That means tasting around 50 dishes twice. There are times when I think I can’t taste another thing.

Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that’s good taste.

I think the water dictates how food will taste in a country. In England the apples taste unlike apples grown in any other place. England is an island, there’s a lot of salt in the air and in the water. I think that has something to do with it.

It just comes down to taste at the end of the day, and that’s something you can’t really analyze. Yeah, I think to have it all there is basically best, regardless of whether there’s hiss there as well.

That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of taste, decency, politeness, manners, civility. Anything. It’s such a powerful force.

We must remember that the people for whom this change represents a first taste of freedom and a new and brighter future did not allow their resolution to falter, no matter how great the suffering by which they bought this independence.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TASTE»

Discover the use of taste in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to taste and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Discover how your tongue works to detect tastes in your food and drink.

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Taste: Acquiring What Money Can’t Buy

Examines the hallmarks of good taste and good manners, describing examples of civility in the modern world and explaining why it is still important, even in a society that over-values wealth.

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Taste: The Secret Meaning of Things

Examines the phenomenon of taste, both good and bad, the changing standards and meaning of taste, and people associated with it in architecture, interiors, fashion, and food

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Making Sense of Taste: Food and Philosophy

Korsmeyer explains how taste came to occupy so low a place in the hierarchy of senses and why it is deserving of greater philosophical respect and attention.

Text and illustrations present things that taste sweet, sour, salty, delicious, and terrible and provide a short explanation of our sense of taste.

Maria Rius, J. M. Parramon, J. J. Puig, 1987

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A Taste of Persia: An Introduction to Persian Cooking

This book is an introduction to the world¿s other ancient cuisine.

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Taste: A Literary History

While most accounts of aesthetic history avoid the gustatory aspects of taste, this book rewrites standard history to uncover the constitutive and dramatic tension between appetite and aesthetics at the heart of British literary tradition.

The most comprehensive Nepalese cookbook on the market, ‘Taste of Nepal’ includes over 350 authentic recipes, something for everyone, from the most timid cook (Fried Rice and Stir-fried Chicken) to adventurous home chefs (Goat Curry and Sun …

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Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste

First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A simple introduction to the sense of taste. Includes related activities.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TASTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term taste is used in the context of the following news items.

Scientists have discovered a new taste that could make food more …

Taste, the sense that allows us to appreciate the beauty of good food, is something scientists understand fairly well. The sensation we feel when eating a piece … «Washington Post, Jul 15»

The Gene For Sweet: Why We Don’t All Taste Sugar The Same Way

Sugar gives the human brain much pleasure. But not everyone revels in cupcakes with an inch of frosting, or milkshakes blended with candy bars, though these … «NPR, Jul 15»

Scientists Say They’ve Isolated The Taste Of Fat, And It’s Terrible …

Many scientists believe that fat is a basic taste – in other words, that the human body is biologically tailored to detect it. If true, this has major implications for … «Forbes, Jul 15»

Starbucks to Enter Sub-Saharan Africa With Taste Coffee Deal

Starbucks Corp. coffee shops will open in sub-Saharan Africa for the first time after the world leader partnered with Taste Holdings Ltd. in a deal that sent shares … «Bloomberg, Jul 15»

Yes, There Really Is A Town In Liberia Called ‘Smell No Taste‘

As The New York Times reported: «Abraham died Sunday in his father’s home in a community known as Smell No Taste, a few miles from his mother’s home and … «NPR, Jul 15»

NSFW video: Smash Mouth singer flips out at Taste of Fort Collins

Smash Mouth’s lead vocalist Steve Harwell didn’t take kindly to pieces of bread being thrown at him on Sunday night during the finale for Taste of Fort Collins. «The Coloradoan, Jun 15»

ABC Cancels ‘Cristela,’ ‘Forever,’ ‘Resurrection, ‘The Taste‘

After picking up six new dramas and three comedies — and as it’s poised to renew the bulk of its returning fare and freshman breakouts — ABC lowered the ax … «Hollywood Reporter, May 15»

Protests on water taste, smell as city breaks tie to Detroit

Since the financially struggling city broke away from the Detroit water system last year, residents have been unhappy with the smell, taste and appearance of … «Yahoo News, Mar 15»

Salty, Sweet, Sour. Is It Time To Make Fat The Sixth Taste?

Your tongue doubtless knows the difference between a high-fat food and the low-fat alternative. Full-fat ice cream and cream cheese feel silkier and more … «NPR, Feb 15»

Penguins Are Well Dressed, But Have Poor Taste

Despite their tuxedo style, when it comes to enjoying food, penguins have poor taste, a new study finds. These flightless birds can’t taste the savoriness of fish or … «Live Science, Feb 15»

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