gustation
French, noun/ɡys.ta.sjɔ̃/
gustation is a French feminine noun meaning “gustation; tasting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sensation du goût, perception des saveurs”.
What does gustation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegustation; tasting
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sensation du goût, perception des saveurs.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gustation
- gustations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gustation?
- /ɡys.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \ɡys.ta.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gustation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gustation in French?
gustation appears about once in every 76 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).