
taste
(=sense) goût m
a keen sense of taste un sens du goût développé
→ Some animals have a better sense of taste than others.
(=flavour) goût m
→ I don't like the taste of fresh fish.
It's got a really strange taste. Ça a un goût vraiment bizarre.
(=sample)
Go on, have a taste. Allez-y, goûtez!, Allez-y, goûtez-y!
Would you like a taste? Tu veux goûter?, Tu veux y goûter?
(=brief experience)
This voyage was his first taste of freedom. Ce voyage était son premier contact avec la liberté.
to be a taste of things to come être un avant-goût de ce qui nous attend
(=liking)
for my taste à mon goût
Her novels are too violent for my taste. Ses romans sont trop violents à mon goût.
to have a taste for sth avoir un goût pour qch
to acquire a taste for sth, to develop a taste for sth prendre goût à qch
→ These birds acquired a taste for fruit.
→ She developed a taste for journeys to isolated hazardous regions.
(=discernment) goût m
It's all a matter of taste. C'est une question de goût.
to have good taste avoir bon goût
to have bad taste n'avoir pas de goût
to be in good taste être de bon goût
to be in bad taste, to be in poor taste être de mauvais goût
→ That remark was in rather bad taste.
a joke in bad taste une plaisanterie de mauvais goût
(=sample) goûter
→ He asked Derek to taste the wine.
Would you like to taste it? Vous voulez y goûter?
(=recognize flavour) sentir le goût de
→ Roger ate so fast that he hardly tasted the meat.
You can taste the garlic in it. On sent le goût d'ail dedans.
(=experience)
[+outdoor life, high life, freedom] goûter à
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(=have particular flavour) to taste delicious être délicieux (-euse) to taste bitter être amer (-ère) to taste of sth avoir un goût de qch → I drank a cup of tea that tasted of diesel. It tastes of chocolate. Ça a un goût de chocolat. to taste like sth avoir le goût de qch → She ate a bit of meat which tasted like chicken. It tastes like fish. Ça a le goût de poisson. What does it taste like? Quel goût ça a?
taste bud
n papille f gustative
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