smak
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch smacken, of imitative origin. See also German schmatzen, English smack, and smash.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑk
Noun
smak c (plural smakken, diminutive smakje n)
- crash, blow, smack
Synonyms
- klap
- knal
Verb
smak
- first-person singular present indicative of smakken
- imperative of smakken
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- smac, smach, smech, ssmak
- (late) smacche, smake, smatche
- (Ormulum) smacc
Etymology
Inherited from Old English smæc, smæċċ, from Proto-West Germanic *smakk, *smakku, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz. Some forms are influenced by smacchen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smak/, /smatʃ/
Noun
smak
- The taste (of things).
- The sense of taste.
- A smell or odour.
- (rare) The feeling of joy.
- (rare) A disgrace or blemish.
Descendants
- English: smack
- Scots: smack
- ⇒? Scots: smick
References
- “smak(ke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German smak, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“taste, smack”).
Noun
smak m (definite singular smaken, indefinite plural smaker, definite plural smakene)
- taste (both in food and fashion)
Derived terms
- ettersmak
- forsmak
- smakfull
- smakløs
- smaksette
- smakssak
- smaksstoff
- smakstilsetning
Related terms
- smake
Verb
smak
- imperative of smake
References
- “smak” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Low German smak, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“taste, smack”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smɑːk/
Noun
smak m (definite singular smaken, indefinite plural smakar, definite plural smakane)
- taste (both in food and fashion)
- Eg likar smaken av mango.
- I like the taste of mango.
- Han har god smak i musikk.
- He has good taste in music.
- Eg likar smaken av mango.
Derived terms
- ettersmak
- forsmak, føresmak
- smakfull
- smakssak
- smaksstoff
- smakstilsetning
Verb
smak
- imperative of smaka
References
- “smak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German smak, smake, from Old Saxon *smakk, *smak, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smak/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: smak
Noun
smak m inan (diminutive smaczek)
- the sense of taste
- a particular taste; a flavour
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | smak | smaki |
genitive | smaku | smaków |
dative | smakowi | smakom |
accusative | smak | smaki |
instrumental | smakiem | smakami |
locative | smaku | smakach |
vocative | smaku | smaki |
Derived terms
- smaczny
- smakowity
- smakowy
- niesmak
- posmak
- smaczliwka
- smakołyk
- smakosz
- smakować
- zniesmaczać
- zniesmaczyć
Descendants
- → Belarusian: смак (smak)
- → Russian: смак (smak)
- → Ukrainian: смак (smak)
Further reading
- smak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- smak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
smȁk m (Cyrillic spelling сма̏к)
- end, termination
- smak sv(ij)eta - end of the world
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | smak | smakovi |
genitive | smaka | smakova |
dative | smaku | smakovima |
accusative | smak | smakove |
vocative | smače | smakovi |
locative | smaku | smakovima |
instrumental | smakom | smakovima |
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German smak, smake, from Old Saxon *smakk, *smak, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku.
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Noun
smak c
- taste (how something tastes)
- (in the definite) the sense of taste, gustation
- Synonym: smaksinne
- taste (preferences, etc.)
- Den var inte i hans smak
- It wasn't to his taste
- tycke och smak
- opinions and taste (something subjective – idiomatic)
Declension
Declension of smak | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | smak | smaken | smaker | smakerna |
Genitive | smaks | smakens | smakers | smakernas |
Related terms
- avsmak
- eftersmak
- finsmakare
- smaka
- smaken är som baken (“there's no accounting for taste”)
- smakfull (“tasteful”)
- smaklig
- smaklös (“tasteless”)
- smakprov
- smaksinne (“sense of taste, gustation”)
Further reading
- smak in Svensk ordbok.
- smak in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
Anagrams
- kams, mask, mask., skam