tasting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪstɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -eɪstɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English tastynge, taastyng, equivalent to taste +‎ -ing (gerundive ending).

Noun

tasting (plural tastings)

1. A small amount of food or drink.
2. The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.

Synonyms

• degustation

Derived terms

• tasting menu
• winetasting

Translations

small amount of food or drink

• Catalan: tast (ca) m
• Finnish: maistiainen (fi)
• German: Verkostung (de) f
• Irish: blaiseadh m
• Italian: degustazione (it) f, assaggio (it) m
• Russian: (piece or slice) кусо́чек (ru) m (kusóček), (swallow, gulp) глото́к (ru) m (glotók)
• Spanish: cata (es) f

taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it

• Arabic: مَذَاق‎ m (maḏāq)
• Armenian: համտես (hy) (hamtes)
• Belarusian: дэгуста́цыя f (dehustácyja), про́ба f (próba)
• Bulgarian: дегуста́ция (bg) f (degustácija)
• Catalan: tast (ca) m, degustació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 品嘗／品尝 (zh) (pǐncháng) or 品嚐／品尝 (zh) (pǐncháng)

• Czech: degustace (cs) f
• Finnish: maistiainen (fi)
• French: dégustation (fr) f
• Georgian: დეგუსტაცია (degusṭacia)
• German: Verkostung (de) f, Degustation f
• Greek: γευσιγνωσία (el) f (gefsignosía)
• Hungarian: kóstolás
• Irish: ócáid bhlaiste
• Italian: degustazione (it) f, assaggio (it) m
• Japanese: 賞味 (ja) (しょうみ, shōmi), 試食 (ja) (ししょく, shishoku)
• Korean: 상미(賞味) (sangmi), 시식(試食) (ko) (sisik)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: çêjtin

• Polish: degustacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: degustação (pt) f
• Russian: дегуста́ция (ru) f (degustácija), про́ба (ru) f (próba) (ку́шанья или напи́тка)
• Slovak: degustácia f
• Spanish: degustación f, cata (es) f
• Ukrainian: дегуста́ція f (dehustácija), про́ба (uk) f (próba)
• Vietnamese: sự nếm thử
• Welsh: blasu (cy) m

Etymology 2

From Middle English tastinge, taastynge, equivalent to taste +‎ -ing (present participle ending).

Verb

tasting

1. present participle of taste

Anagrams

• stating