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tasting

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈteɪstɪŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪstɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: T EY1 S T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A small amount of food or drink.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gustation

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of taste

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: savoring, savouring, relishing, degustation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: eating, feeding

5

noun

Meaning 5

a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a wine tasting

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: taste

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sensing, perception

6

noun

Meaning 6

a small amount (especially of food or wine)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sample

History

Etymology

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

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

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: tast — small amount of food or drink
  • Finnish: maistiainen — small amount of food or drink
  • German: Verkostung — small amount of food or drink
  • Irish: blaiseadh — small amount of food or drink
  • Italian: degustazione — small amount of food or drink
  • Italian: assaggio — small amount of food or drink
  • Russian: кусо́чек (kusóček) — small amount of food or drink
  • Russian: глото́к (glotók) — small amount of food or drink
  • Spanish: cata — small amount of food or drink
  • Spanish: probadura — small amount of food or drink
  • Arabic: مَذَاق (maḏāq) — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Armenian: համտես (hamtes) — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Belarusian: дэгуста́цыя (dehustácyja) — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Belarusian: про́ба (próba) — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Bulgarian: дегуста́ция (degustácija) — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Catalan: tast — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Catalan: degustació — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Chinese Mandarin: 品嘗 /品尝 or 品嚐 /品尝 (pǐncháng) — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Czech: degustace — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Finnish: maistiainen — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • French: dégustation — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Georgian: დეგუსტაცია (degusṭacia) — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • German: Verkostung — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • German: Degustation — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Greek: γευσιγνωσία (gefsignosía) — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Hungarian: kóstolás — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Irish: ócáid bhlaiste — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Italian: degustazione — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Italian: assaggio — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Japanese: 賞味 (shōmi) — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Japanese: 試食 (shishoku) — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Korean: 상미 (sangmi) — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Korean: 시식 (sisik) — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Northern Kurdish: çêjtin — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Polish: degustacja — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Portuguese: degustação — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Russian: дегуста́ция (degustácija) — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Russian: про́ба (próba) — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Slovak: degustácia — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Spanish: degustación — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Spanish: cata — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Spanish: probadura — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Spanish: probana — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Spanish: paladeo — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Spanish: probatura — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Ukrainian: дегуста́ція (dehustácija) — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Ukrainian: про́ба (próba) — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Vietnamese: việc nếm thử — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Welsh: blasu — taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
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