smak

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch smacken, of imitative origin. See also German schmatzen, English smack, and smash.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑk

Noun

smak c (plural smakken, diminutive smakje n)

1. crash, blow, smack

Synonyms

• klap
• knal

Verb

smak

1. inflection of smakken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

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

1. The taste (of things).
2. The sense of taste.
3. A smell or odour.
4. (rare) The feeling of joy.
5. (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)

1. taste (both in food and fashion)

Derived terms

Related terms

• smake

Etymology 2

Verb

smak

1. 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)

1. 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.

Derived terms

Verb

smak

1. 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

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: smak

Noun

smak m inan (diminutive smaczek)

1. the sense of taste
2. a particular taste; a flavour

Declension

Derived terms

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)

1. end, termination

   smak sv(ij)eta - end of the world

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish smaker, from Middle Low German smak, smake, from Old Saxon *smakk, *smak, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku.

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

smak c

1. taste (how something tastes)

   en krämig sås med smak av citron

   a creamy sauce with a taste of lemon

2. (in the definite) the sense of taste, gustation

   Synonym: smaksinne

3. 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

Derived terms

• avsmak
• eftersmak
• finsmakare
• mersmak
• smaken är som baken (“there's no accounting for taste”)
• smakfull (“tasteful”)
• smaklig
• smaklös (“tasteless”)
• smakprov
• smaksinne (“sense of taste, gustation”)

Related terms

• smaka

References

• smak in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• smak in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• smak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• smak in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

Anagrams

• kams, mask, mask., skam