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taste noun

  /teɪst/
  • One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
 maku, makuaisti
  • (countable, and, uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
  • (figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
 maku

taste verb

  /teɪst/
  • (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
 maistaa
  • (intransitive, copulative) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
 maistua

tasteful adjective

  /ˈteɪstfəl/
  • Having or exhibiting good taste; aesthetically pleasing or conforming to expectations or ideals of what is appropriate.
 aistikas

tasting noun

  /ˈteɪstɪŋ/
  • The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.
 maistiainen
there's no accounting for taste
makuasioista ei pidä kiistellä
to taste
maun mukaan, oman maun mukaan
taste of one's own medicine
maistaa omaa lääkettään
acquired taste
opittu mieltymys
arbiter of taste
makutuomari
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