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goût — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • flavor noun (American spelling) The distinct taste of a food or drink.
  • liking noun A fondness or preference for something.
  • smell noun A sensation caused by breathing in odor particles, pleasant or unpleasant.
  • taste noun The sensation produced when food or drink is detected by the tongue, or the ability to perceive it.

Senses

goût is used for these senses in English:

  • liking A like; a predilection.
  • smell A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.
  • taste One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
  • taste (countable, and, uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.

flavor — full definition

  1. noun (American spelling) The distinct taste of a food or drink.
  2. noun The distinctive character or quality of something.
  3. verb To add taste or seasoning to something.

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