foretaste

foretaste

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English fortaste, equivalent to fore- +‎ taste (noun).

Noun

foretaste (plural foretastes)

1. A taste beforehand.
2. A sample taken in anticipation; enjoyment taken in advance.

Synonyms

• foresmack
• pregustation

Translations

taste taken in advance

Bulgarian: предвкусване (bg) n (predvkusvane) Norwegian: Bokmål: forsmak m Nynorsk: forsmak m, føresmak m

Russian: предвкуше́ние (ru) n (predvkušénije) Swedish: försmak n

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Dutch: (please verify) voorproefje (nl) n, (please verify) voorsmaak (nl) French: (please verify) avant-goût (fr) m

German: (please verify) Vorgeschmack m Italian: (please verify) pregustazione f

See also

• aftertaste

Etymology 2

From Middle English fortasten, equivalent to fore- +‎ taste (verb).

Verb

foretaste (third-person singular simple present foretastes, present participle foretasting, simple past and past participle foretasted)

1. (transitive) To taste beforehand.
2. (transitive) To taste before possession; have previous experience of; enjoy by anticipation.
3. (transitive) To taste before another.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise lost:

     [...] foretast'd fruit, Profan'd first by the serpent [...]

Derived terms

• foretaster

Translations

to taste beforehand

to enjoy by anticipation

Portuguese: prelibar (pt)

to taste before another

Anagrams

• forestate