gust

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡʌst/
• Rhymes: -ʌst

Etymology 1

Apparently from Old Norse gustr, though not recorded before Shakespeare.

Noun

gust (plural gusts)

1. A strong, abrupt rush of wind.
2. Any rush or outburst (of water, emotion etc.).

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Translations

a strong, abrupt rush of wind

• Finnish: puuska (fi)
• French: souffle (fr) m, coup de vent (fr) m, bourrasque (fr) f, rafale (fr) f
• German: Bö (de) f
• Greenlandic: anoraarsuaq (kl)
• Icelandic: gustur (is) m, vindhviða (is) f

• Italian: folata (it) f
• North Frisian: flååge
• Russian: порыв (ru) (porýv) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: plathadh (gd) m
• Spanish: ráfaga (es) f

any rush or outburst

• Finnish: ryöppy (fi)
• Italian: folata (it) f

• Russian: порыв (ru) (porýv) m , взрыв (ru) (vzryv) m 

Verb

gust (third-person singular simple present gusts, present participle gusting, simple past and past participle gusted)

1. (intransitive) To blow in gusts.

Translations

to blow in gusts

• Finnish: tuulla puuskittaisesti

Etymology 2

From Latin gustus ‘taste’. For the verb, compare Latin gustare, Italian gustare, Spanish gustar.

Noun

gust (uncountable)

1. (archaic) The physiological faculty of taste.
2. Relish, enjoyment, appreciation.
   • 1942: ‘Yes, indeed,’ said Sava with solemn gust. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 1050)

Verb

gust (third-person singular simple present gusts, present participle gusting, simple past and past participle gusted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To taste.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To have a relish for.

Related terms

• disgust

Anagrams

• guts
• tugs

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin gustus.

Noun

gust m (plural gusts or gustos)

1. taste

Derived terms

• molt de gust

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

Noun

gust n (plural gusturi)

1. taste

Derived terms

• gustos

Related terms

• gusta
• gustare

See also

• savoare

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin (mensis) augustus (through the Vulgar Latin form agustus).

Alternative forms

• agust

Noun

gust

1. (popular, rare) August

Synonyms

• august

Derived terms

• gustar

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡûːst/

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫstъ.

Adjective

gȗst (definite gȗstī, comparative gȕšćī, Cyrillic spelling гу̑ст)

1. dense

Declension

    positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		gust	gusta	gusto
genitive		gusta	guste	gusta
dative		gustu	gustoj	gustu
accusative	inanimate animate	gust gusta	gustu	gusto
vocative		gust	gusta	gusto
locative		gustu	gustoj	gustu
instrumental		gustim	gustom	gustim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		gusti	guste	gusta
genitive		gustih	gustih	gustih
dative		gustim(a)	gustim(a)	gustim(a)
accusative		guste	guste	gusta
vocative		gusti	guste	gusta
locative		gustim(a)	gustim(a)	gustim(a)
instrumental		gustim(a)	gustim(a)	gustim(a)

    positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		gusti	gusta	gusto
genitive		gustog(a)	guste	gustog(a)
dative		gustom(u/e)	gustoj	gustom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	gusti gustog(a)	gustu	gusto
vocative		gusti	gusta	gusto
locative		gustom(e/u)	gustoj	gustom(e/u)
instrumental		gustim	gustom	gustim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		gusti	guste	gusta
genitive		gustih	gustih	gustih
dative		gustim(a)	gustim(a)	gustim(a)
accusative		guste	guste	gusta
vocative		gusti	guste	gusta
locative		gustim(a)	gustim(a)	gustim(a)
instrumental		gustim(a)	gustim(a)	gustim(a)

    comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		gušći	gušća	gušće
genitive		gušćeg(a)	gušće	gušćeg(a)
dative		gušćem(u)	gušćoj	gušćem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	gušći gušćeg(a)	gušću	gušće
vocative		gušći	gušća	gušće
locative		gušćem(u)	gušćoj	gušćem(u)
instrumental		gušćim	gušćom	gušćim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		gušći	gušće	gušća
genitive		gušćih	gušćih	gušćih
dative		gušćim(a)	gušćim(a)	gušćim(a)
accusative		gušće	gušće	gušća
vocative		gušći	gušće	gušća
locative		gušćim(a)	gušćim(a)	gušćim(a)
instrumental		gušćim(a)	gušćim(a)	gušćim(a)

    superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najgušći	najgušća	najgušće
genitive		najgušćeg(a)	najgušće	najgušćeg(a)
dative		najgušćem(u)	najgušćoj	najgušćem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najgušći najgušćeg(a)	najgušću	najgušće
vocative		najgušći	najgušća	najgušće
locative		najgušćem(u)	najgušćoj	najgušćem(u)
instrumental		najgušćim	najgušćom	najgušćim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najgušći	najgušće	najgušća
genitive		najgušćih	najgušćih	najgušćih
dative		najgušćim(a)	najgušćim(a)	najgušćim(a)
accusative		najgušće	najgušće	najgušća
vocative		najgušći	najgušće	najgušća
locative		najgušćim(a)	najgušćim(a)	najgušćim(a)
instrumental		najgušćim(a)	najgušćim(a)	najgušćim(a)