taste

== English == === Alternative forms === tast (obsolete) === Etymology 1 === The verb is from Middle English tasten, borrowed from Old French taster (“to taste, touch or hit”), from unattested Vulgar Latin *tastāre (“to touch or feel”), from *taxitāre, an innovated iterative form of Classical Latin taxāre (“to touch sharply”), from tangere (“to touch, to grasp”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-, which is assumed to have had the same meaning as tangere. The noun came from the verb, and the two conflated after English lost its infinitive suffix -en, though tasten was most likely already used nominatively (as a gerund), similar to Modern English tasting. Almost fully displaced native smack, from Middle English smac, smak, smacke, from Old English smæc, smæċċ (“taste, smatch”). Displaced English smatch, from Middle English smacchen, smecchen, from Old English smæċċan (“to taste; to smack”); displaced also Middle English buriȝen, from Old English bierġan (“to taste”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /teɪst/ Rhymes: -eɪst ==== Noun ==== taste (countable and uncountable, plural tastes) One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation. The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation. A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs. (countable and uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc. Synonym: palate Personal preference; liking; predilection. Synonym: palate (figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole. A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon. ===== Synonyms ===== (sensation produced by the tongue): smack, smatch; See also Thesaurus:gustation (set of preferences): discernment, culture, refinement, style (personal preference): See also Thesaurus:predilection (small amount of experience): impression, sample, trial ===== Hyponyms ===== (sensation produced by the tongue): relish, savor ===== Meronyms ===== (sensation produced by the tongue): bitter, salty, sour, sweet, spicy, umami ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== taste (third-person singular simple present tastes, present participle tasting, simple past and past participle tasted) (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally. (intransitive, copulative) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished. (transitive) To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally. (transitive, figurative) To experience. To take sparingly. 1699, John Dryden, Epistle to John Dryden[4] Age but tastes of pleasures, youth devours. To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of. (obsolete) To try by the touch; to handle. ===== Synonyms ===== (sample the flavor of something): smack, smake; See also Thesaurus:taste (have a taste): hint, smack; See also Thesaurus:have taste ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== “taste”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “taste”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “taste”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Raymond Williams (1983), “Taste”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 313. === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== taste (not comparable) (Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of tasty. === Anagrams === Tates, Teats, State, teats, state, Tetas, atest, Testa, testa, aetts, Satet == Chinese == === Etymology === From English taste. === Pronunciation === === Noun === taste (Hong Kong Cantonese) taste (preference of a person) === References === English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtastɛ] === Verb === taste second-person plural imperative of tasit == Danish == === Etymology === From the noun tast. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -astə === Verb === taste (imperative tast, infinitive at taste, present tense taster, past tense tastede, perfect tense har/er tastet) To type ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== indtaste == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === taste (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of tasten == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === taste inflection of tasten: first-person singular present first/third-person singular subjunctive I singular imperative == Middle English == === Alternative forms === tast, taist === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French tast. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taːst/, /tast/ === Noun === taste (uncountable) perceived flavor ==== Descendants ==== English: taste Yola: taaste, tawest, thaaste ==== References ==== “tā̆st(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === taste (imperative tast, present tense taster, passive tastes, simple past and past participle tasta or tastet, present participle tastende) to type (on a computer keyboard or typewriter) ==== Related terms ==== tast (noun) tastatur === References === “taste” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === taste (Cyrillic spelling тасте) vocative singular of tast