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Taste

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English

  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. A person's generic, implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
    Dr. Parker has a good taste for wine.

Translations

  • gust n
  • German: Geschmack m
  • Latin: gustus m
  • Spanish: gusto m
  • French: goût m
  • Swedish: smak (1,2) c

German

Noun

Taste f

  1. One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, most of which generally correspond to a particular letter of the alphabet, numeral, or special symbol.

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