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gustation

 
Dictionary: gus·ta·tion   (gŭ-stā'shən) pronunciation
n.
The act or faculty of tasting.

[Latin gustātiō, gustātiōn-, an appetizer, from gustātus, past participle of gustāre, to taste, from gustus, taste. See gusto.]


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(gŭ-stā'shən)
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  1. The act of tasting.
  2. The sense of tasting.
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The act of tasting or the sense of taste.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the faculty of taste
  Synonyms: taste, sense of taste, gustatory modality


Translations: Gustation
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - smagen, smageevne

Nederlands (Dutch)
smaak(vermogen)

Français (French)
n. - goût (sens), l'action de goûter

Deutsch (German)
n. - Geschmackssinn, Kosten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυσιολ.) γεύση, αίσθηση της γεύσης

Italiano (Italian)
degustazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - gustação (f)

Русский (Russian)
проба на вкус, вкус

Español (Spanish)
n. - degustación, gusto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avsmakning, smak

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
尝味, 味觉

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 嘗味, 味覺

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 음미, 미각

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 味わうこと, 味覚

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الذوق, حاسه الذوق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טעימה, חוש הטעם‬


 
 
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