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tastebud

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /ˈteɪstbʌd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of the small organs on the tongue used for tasting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: taste bud, gustatory organ

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chemoreceptor

History

Etymology

From taste + bud.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بُرْعُم تَذَوُّق (burʕum taḏawwuq) — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Arabic: بُرْعُم ذَوْقِيّ (burʕum ḏawqiyy) — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Catalan: papil·la gustativa — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 味蕾 (wèilěi) — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Dutch: smaakpapil — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Finnish: makusilmu — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • French: papille gustative — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • French: papille — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • German: Geschmacksknospe — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Hungarian: ízlelőszemölcs — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Hungarian: ízlelőbimbó — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Irish: blaslóg — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Italian: papilla gustativa — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Japanese: 味蕾 (mirai) — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Korean: 미뢰 (miroe) — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Northern Kurdish: çêjegopke — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Northern Kurdish: gopikên tamê — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Malay: tunas rasa — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Māori: paerongo tāwara — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Mongolian: амтлах хөхөнцөр (amtlax xöxöncör) — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Mongolian: амтны цоморлог (amtny comorlog) — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Norwegian: smaksløk — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Polish: kubek smakowy — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Portuguese: papila gustativa — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Romanian: papilă gustativă — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Russian: вкусово́й сосо́чек (vkusovój sosóček) — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Spanish: papila gustativa — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Swedish: smaklök — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Thai: ตุ่มรับรส (dtùm-ráp-rót) — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Turkish: tat tomurcuğu — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Ukrainian: смакови́й сосо́чок (smakovýj sosóčok) — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting
  • Welsh: blasbwynt — a small organ on the tongue used for tasting