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
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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