gustation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-der.

Latin gustō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin gustātiō, gustātiōnislbor.

English gustation

Learned borrowing from Latin gustātiō, gustātiōnis. By surface analysis, gust + -ation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

gustation (countable and uncountable, plural gustations)

1. The act of tasting.
   • 1841, Robley Dunglison, Human Physiology, page 109:

     The organ of gustation is not, therefore, restricted to the production of that sense, but participates in the sense of touch.

2. The ability to taste flavors; the sense of taste.

Derived terms

• pregustation

Related terms

• gustatory

Translations

The ability to taste flavors; the sense of taste

• Bulgarian: вкусово усещане n (vkusovo useštane)
• Catalan: gustació f
• Danish: smagsløg n
• Esperanto: gustosenso
• French: gustation (fr) f
• German: Geschmack (de) m
• Icelandic: bragðskyn (is) n
• Italian: gustazione (it)
• Japanese: 味覚 (ja) (みかく, mikaku)
• Portuguese: gustação f
• Spanish: gustación f
• Swedish: smaksinne (sv) n
• Turkish: çeşni (tr)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡys.ta.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

gustation f (plural gustations)

1. gustation; tasting

Further reading

• “gustation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012