вкус

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic въкоусъ (vŭkusŭ). Morphologically formed as в- (v-) +‎ Proto-Slavic *kusъ (“probe, trial”).

• IPA^(key): [fkus]

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вкус • (vkus) m (relational adjective вку́сов)

1. taste, flavour, savour, smack (sensory feeling perceived through the tongue via contact with the percept)

   Hypernym: у́сет (úset)

2. (figurative) taste, preference

   добъ́р вкус ― dobǎ́r vkus ― good taste

• вку́свам impf (vkúsvam), вку́ся pf (vkúsja)
• вкусоти́я (vkusotíja, “tasty snack”)
• вку́сен (vkúsen, “tasty, savoury”)

• ку́сам (kúsam, “to probe, to check taste”)

• “вкус”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “вкус”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вкус”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 160

• IPA^(key): [fkus]

вкус • (vkus) m (plural вкусови, relational adjective вкусен)

1. taste (also used figuratively)

• вкусъ (vkus) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въкоусъ (vŭkusŭ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kusъ.

• IPA^(key): [fkus]

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вкус • (vkus) m inan (genitive вку́са, nominative plural вку́сы, genitive plural вку́сов, relational adjective вкусово́й)

1. taste (one of the sensations produced by the tongue)

   по вку́су ― po vkúsu ― to taste (when adding spices)

   на вкус и цвет това́рищей нет (proverb) ― na vkus i cvet továriščej net ― there's no accounting for taste

   о вку́сах не спо́рят (proverb) ― o vkúsax ne spórjat ― every man to his taste

2. flavour/flavor, fancy
3. style, manner
   • 1904, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “X”, in Хаджи-Мурат; English translation from Louise and Aylmer Maude, transl., Hadji Murat, 1912:

     В то́т же день, ве́чером, в но́вом, в восто́чном вку́се отде́ланном теа́тре шла италья́нская о́пера.

     V tót že denʹ, véčerom, v nóvom, v vostóčnom vkúse otdélannom teátre šla italʹjánskaja ópera.

     That even an Italian opera was performed at the new theater, which was decorated in Oriental style.

• безвку́сный (bezvkúsnyj), вку́сный (vkúsnyj), невку́сный (nevkúsnyj)
• безвку́сица f (bezvkúsica), вкуснятина f (vkusnjatina)
• вкуша́ть impf (vkušátʹ), вкуси́ть pf (vkusítʹ)

• → Czech: vkus

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вкус”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• уку́с (ukús)

Deverbal from вкуси́ти (vkusýty).

• IPA^(key): [ʍkus]

вкус • (vkus) m inan (genitive вку́су, nominative plural вку́си, genitive plural вку́сів)

1. alternative form of уку́с (ukús)

• The forms вкус (vkus) (used after vowels) and уку́с (ukús) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вкус”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “вкус”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “вкус”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “вкус”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)