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Alternative spellings
tast (obsolete)

Pronunciation
IPA|/teɪst/
audio|en-us-taste.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|eɪst

Noun
en-noun countable and uncountable

1. One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals often confused and/or mixed somewhat with smelling. The primary sensations classified as taste are: sweet, sour, bitter, salty and umami.
2. countable and uncountable: A person�s generic, implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.

#: Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.

1. uncountable: a metaphorical usage to describe having a small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.

#: w:Voltaire|Voltaire is quoted to have said "I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise".
w:Livy|Livy is quoted to have said "they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom"

Russian: t|ru|вк��|m|trvkus|scCyrl
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trans-top|set of preferences
Czech: t-|cs|vkus|m
Finnish: t+|fi|maku
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Polish: t+|pl|smak|m
Russian: t|ru|вк��|m|trvkus|scCyrl
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trans-top|(uncountable) a metaphorical usage to describe having a small amount of experience
Finnish: t+|fi|maku
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Russian: t|ru|вк��|m|trvkus|scCyrl
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|طع� unicode|(�a�m) m
ttbc|Chinese: �� (wèidào)
ttbc|Dutch: smaak
ttbc|French: goût m
ttbc|German: t+|de|Geschmack m
ttbc|Greek: γε��η (yéfsi) f
ttbc|Hungarian: íz, ízlés
ttbc|Italian: gusto m
ttbc|Japanese: �� (����mikaku), � (���aji)
ttbc|Korean: � (mat)
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ttbc|Latin: gustus m
ttbc|Portuguese: gosto m
ttbc|Romanian: gust n
ttbc|Slovene: okus m (1,2)
ttbc|Spanish: gusto m
ttbc|Swedish: smak (1,2) c
ttbc|Telugu: ర��ి (ruchi) (1), �భిర��ి (abhiruchi) (2)
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Verb
en-verb|tast|ing

1. transitive To sample the flavor of something orally.
2. intransitive To have a taste.

#: The chicken tasted great.

Translations
trans-top|to sample the flavor of something
Czech: t-|cs|ochutnat
Finnish: t-|fi|maistaa
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Russian: t-|ru|п�обова��|trpróbovat'|scCyrl impf, t-|ru|поп�обова��|trpopróbovat'|scCyrl pf
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trans-top|to have a taste
Czech: t-|cs|chutnat
Finnish: t+|fi|maistua
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• 2007-12-23 21:17 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for pl

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