Taste is the sense that lets you detect flavors like sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami with your tongue. The word can also mean your personal likes and dislikes, especially in food, art, or style.
It comes from Old French 'taster' meaning 'to touch, try, or taste', from Latin 'tastare' meaning 'to touch or test'. Originally, tasting was seen as a kind of testing or trying out with the mouth.
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