noun

taste

Translation

flavor, sense of taste, preference, judgment

The soup has a salty taste.

She has good taste in music.

I'd like a taste of the cake.

((a taste of sth.)) a small amount of sth. to try A taste of chocolate is enough for me.

((have good/bad taste in sth.)) to have good/bad judgment about sth. She has good taste in clothes.

Synonyms: flavor, savor; Antonyms: tastelessness

From Old French 'taster' meaning 'to touch, to taste'.

Think of your tongue 'testing' the food to feel its taste.