Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tasting

/ˈteɪstɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables
tast-ing
IPA
/ˈteɪstɪŋ/
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small amount of food or drink.

noun

The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.

verb

present participle and gerund of taste

Etymology

From Middle English tastynge, taastyng, equivalent to taste + -ing (gerundive ending).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: tastynge, tastinge

Inflected Forms

tastings (plural)

Derived Forms

supertasting winetasting

Phrases

domain tasting tasting menu tasting note tasting room

Synonyms

gustation degustation savoring savouring relishing taste

Rhymes With

wasting pasting basting lambasting hasting unwasting

Questions

How do you pronounce tasting?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈteɪstɪŋ/.
What does tasting mean?
A small amount of food or drink.
Where does tasting come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce tasting

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