taste

goût, saveur

Sensation qu’un aliment, une boisson ou une autre substance produit sur la langue.

En anglais simple : The feeling that food, drink, or another substance produces on your tongue.

• The soup has a salty taste.
• A strange taste remained in my mouth.
• Do you like the taste of lemon?

Comment l'utiliser : taste of something (I love the taste of fresh strawberries.)

Synonymes : flavour

Expressions courantes : sweet taste, bitter taste, taste of something, strange taste

goût, sens du goût

Capacité de reconnaître les saveurs avec la langue quand on mange ou boit.

En anglais simple : The ability to notice flavours with your tongue when you eat or drink.

• Taste helps us enjoy food.
• She lost her sense of taste during the illness.
• Smell and taste work together when we eat.

Expressions courantes : sense of taste, loss of taste, taste and smell

goût, préférence

Ce qu’on aime et la capacité à choisir des choses belles ou agréables à entendre.

En anglais simple : The kinds of things you like, and your ability to choose things that look or sound good.

• She has good taste in clothes.
• Our tastes in music are very different.
• Is this painting to your taste?

Comment l'utiliser : taste in something (We have similar taste in music.); to someone's taste (The bright wallpaper isn't to my taste.)

Synonymes : preference, liking

Expressions courantes : good taste, taste in music, personal taste, to someone's taste

avoir un goût

Présenter une certaine saveur quand on le mange ou le boit.

En anglais simple : To have a particular flavor when you eat or drink it.

• This cake tastes good.
• The water tasted strange yesterday.
• Does the soup taste too salty?

Comment l'utiliser : taste + adjective (These apples taste sweet.); taste like something (The sauce tastes like lemon.)

Expressions courantes : taste good, taste sweet, taste like something

goûter

Manger ou boire une petite quantité de quelque chose pour en découvrir la saveur.

En anglais simple : To eat or drink a little of something to find out its flavor.

• Taste this cheese.
• She tasted the sauce before adding salt.
• Have you tasted the local bread?

Synonymes : try, sample

Expressions courantes : taste something, taste the soup, taste the sauce