liking

goût, penchant, affection

Sentiment qui fait apprécier ou préférer quelqu'un ou quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A feeling of enjoying or preferring someone or something.

• He has a liking for jazz.
• I took an immediate liking to her.
• The room was not to their liking.

Comment l'utiliser : a liking for someone/something (She developed a liking for spicy food.); take a liking to someone/something (The dog took a liking to our visitor.); to someone's liking (Was the meal to your liking?)

Synonymes : fondness, preference, taste

Contraires : dislike, aversion

Expressions courantes : a liking for something, take a liking, to someone's liking