Meaning of taste | Babel Free

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1. taste (sense)
2. One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
   countable, uncountable
3. The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
   countable, uncountable
4. taste (flavour)
5. showing good judgement or taste. a tasteful flower arrangement. smaakvol حَسَن الذَّوْق направен с вкус de bom gosto vkusný geschmackvoll smagfuld καλόγουστος, καλαίσθητοςde buen gusto maitsekas خوش سلیقه aistikas de bon goût בְּטוּב טַעַם स्वादपूर्ण ukusan ízléses bercitarasa smekklegur di buongusto 趣きのある 심미안이 있는, 품위 있는 skoningas gaumīgs menarik smaakvolsmakfull, stilfullgustowny خوند ور de bom gosto de bun gust сделанный со вкусом vkusný okusen ukusan smakfull ซึ่งมีรสนิยม zevkli 有鑑賞力的，有審美力...
6. A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
   countable, uncountable
7. liking, preference, aesthetic preference
8. smaakvol بِذَوْقٍ حَسَن направено с вкус com bom gosto vkusně geschmackvoll smagfuldt καλαίσθητα con gusto maitsekalt با خوش سلیقگی aistikkaasti avec goût בְּטַעַם स्वादपूर्णता से ukusno ízletesen, ízlésesen dengan citarasa smekklega con gusto 味わい深く 안목 있게 skoningai gaumīgi; ar gaumi dgn menarik smaakvolsmakfullt gustownie com bom gosto cu gust со вкусом vkusne okusno ukusno smakfullt อย่างมีรสนิยม zevkle 雅緻地, 高雅地 зі смаком باذوقي سے có óc thẩm mỹ 雅致地，高雅地
9. A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
   countable, uncountable
10. pleasure, enthusiasm
11. smaakvolheid حُسْن الذَّوْق изисканост bom gosto vkusnost guter Geschmack smagfuldhed καλαισθησίαbuen gusto maitsekus خوش سلیقگی aistikkuus goût אֶלגַנטִיוּת स्वादपूर्णता ukusnost ízletesség, ízlésesség keadaan bercitarasa smekkvísi gusto 趣味のよさ 심미안이 있음 skoningumas gaumīgums menariknya het smaakvolle smakfullhetgustbom gosto (bun) gust хороший вкус vkusnosť okusnost ukusnost smakfullhet การมีรสนิยม zevklilik 鑑賞力，雅緻 почуття смаку ذوق، نفاست óc thẩm mỹ 鉴赏力，雅致
12. Personal preference; liking; predilection.
    countable, uncountable
13. fancy, whim
14. smaakloos بِدون ذَوْق неприлично com mau gosto nevkusně geschmacklos smagløst άνοστα, κακόγουστα sin gusto maitsetult با بد سلیقگی mauttomasti sans goût בּחוֹסֵר טַעַם स्वादहीन neukusno ízetlenül; ízléstelenül secara tak bercitarasa smekklaust senza gusto 無味乾燥に 미각이 없이. 야하게 be skonio, neskoningai, netinkamai negaršīgi; bezgaumīgi dgn kasar smakeloossmakløst niegustownie, niesmacznie com mau gosto fără gust безвкусно;бестактно nevkusne neokusno bezukusno smaklöst, osmakligt อย่างไร้รสนิยม kabac...
15. A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
16. smaakloosheid إنْعِدام الذَّوْق неприличие mau gosto nedostatek chuti/vkusu die Geschmacklosigkeit smagløshed έλλειψη γεύσης, ακαλαισθησία falta de sabor, insipidez; mal gusto maitsetus بد سلیقگی mauttomuus absence/manque de goût חוֹסֵר טַעַם स्वादहीनता neukusnost ízetlenség; íz(lés)telenség sikap tak bercitarasa smekkleysi insipidezza, 無味乾燥 미각이 없음, skonio nebuvimas bezgaumīgums; netaktiskums kekasaran smakeloosheidsmakløshet brak gustu mau gosto lipsă de gust безвкусица; бестактность nevkusn...
17. A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
    countable, uncountable
18. having a (particular kind of) taste. a sweet-tasting liquid. smakend ذو طَعْم كَذا с вкус на de sabor (doce, etc.) chutnající schmeckend -smagende που έχει συγκεκριμένη γεύση de sabor..., con sabor a... -maitseline, maitsega مزه... -makuinen au goût (...) טַעַם שֶׁל- नीरसता, फीकापन okus -ízű rasa sem hefur tiltekið bragð dal gusto/sapore (...) ～味の -맛 skonio ar (kādu) garšu berasa -smakend med...smak o ... smaku de sabor (doce, etc.) cu gust (...) сладкого, горького, кислого и т.д. вкуса chutn...
19. having a good, especially savoury, flavour. tasty food. lekker, smaaklike طَيِّب المَذاق вкусен saboroso chutný schmackhaft velsmagende νόστιμοςsabroso maitsev خوشمزه maukas savoureuxטעים स्वादिष्ट, लज़ीज़ ukusan, slastan jóízű lezat bragðgóður gustoso, saporito おいしい 맛있는 skanus garšīgs enak hartigvelsmakende, godsmaczny saboroso gustos вкусный chutný okusen ukusan välsmakande, smaklig (อาหาร) อร่อย lezzetli 美味的 ; 可口的 смачний مزے دار، ذائقہ دار đầy vị hương 美味的，可口的，鲜美的
    especially
20. smaaklikheid طِيب المَذاق апетитност caráter saboroso chutnost die Schmackhaftigkeit velsmagenhed νοστιμιάsabor, lo sabroso maitsvus خوشمزگی maukkuus saveur agréable טוּב טַעַם स्वादिष्टता ukusnost, slasnost ízletesség kelezatan gott bragð gustosità おいしさ 맛있음 skanumas garšīgums keenakan hartigheid det som er velsmakende smakowitość carácter saboroso savoare вкусность chutnosť okusnost ukusnost smaklighet ความอร่อย lezzetlilik 美味 смакова якість ذائقہ tính đầy hương vị 美味
21. To distinguish the flavor of by taking into the mouth.
22. To eat or drink a small quantity of.

Equivalents

Examples

“He had a strange taste in his mouth.”

“Venison has a strong taste.”

“Like smell, taste has been found to imprint our minds with strong memories.”

“His taste was impaired by an illness.”

“Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.”

“That's very true indeed Sir Peter! after having married you I should never pretend to Taste again I allow.”

“"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;[…]."”

“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.”

“I have developed a taste for fine wine.”

“Such anecdotes give one a taste of life on a trauma ward.”

“I'm all out of luck / I'm all out of faith / I would give everything just for one taste / But everything's here, all out of place[…]”

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