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 Translation for 'taste buds' from English to French
NOUN   a taste bud | taste buds
papilles {f.pl} gustativestaste buds
5+ Words
être un plaisir pour les papilles (gustatives)to be a treat for the taste buds
Partial Matches
aperçu {m} [de variété]taste
2
goût {m}taste
6
au goût {adv}to taste
cuis.
avoir bon goût [avoir une saveur agréable]
to taste nice
avoir du goût [discernement]to have taste
cuis.
avoir mauvais goût
to taste unpleasant
perception {f} gustativetaste perception
méd.
dysgueusie {f}
taste disorder
méd.
agueusie {f}
taste blindness
anat.
bourgeon {m} gustatif [gemma gustatoria, caliculus gustatorius]
taste bud
anat.
papille {f} gustative
taste bud
bouchée {f}taste [mouthful]
cuis.
être délicieux
to taste lovely
avoir un goût amerto taste bitter
de mauvais goût {adj}in bad taste
de mauvais goût {adj}in poor taste
goût {m} à la vietaste for life
avoir mauvais goût [discernement]to have bad taste
n'avoir pas de goût [personne]to have bad taste
avoir bon goût [discernement]to have good taste
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Usage Examples English
  • Caramelization is an entirely different process from Maillard browning, though the results of the two processes are sometimes similar to the naked eye (and taste buds).
  • The arrangement of these glands around the circumvallate papillae provides a continuous flow of fluid over the great number of taste buds lining the sides of the papillae, and is important for dissolving the food particles to be tasted.
  • Distortions in the taste buds may give rise to dysgeusia.
  • Dolphins are not thought to have a good sense of taste, as their taste buds are atrophied or missing altogether. Some have preferences for different kinds of fish, indicating some ability to taste.
  • A dislike for cabbage or broccoli can result from the fact that these plants contain a compound similar to phenylthiocarbamide (PTC), which is either bitter or tasteless to people depending on their taste buds.

  • Most taste buds on the tongue and other regions of the mouth can detect umami taste, irrespective of their location.
  • The tongue's upper surface (dorsum) is covered by taste buds housed in numerous lingual papillae.
  • Porpoises are not thought to have a good sense of taste, as their taste buds are atrophied or missing altogether.
  • The blind form of the Mexican tetra is different from the surface-dwelling form in a number of ways, including having unpigmented skin, having a better olfactory sense by having taste buds all over its head, and by being able to store four times more energy as fat, allowing it to deal with irregular food supplies more effectively.
  • Mechanical TRP channels react to depression of their cells (like touch), thermal TRP change shape in different temperatures, and chemical TRP act like taste buds, signalling if their receptors bond to certain elements/chemicals.

  • There are taste buds on the epiglottis. The folding backwards is a complex movement the causes of which are not completely understood.
  • Oceanic dolphins are not thought to have a good sense of taste, as their taste buds are atrophied or missing altogether.
  • Taste buds contain the taste receptor cells, which are also known as gustatory cells.
  • Later he complained that the drink now made him sick, which he blamed on the drink's use of HFCS; he also claimed that HFCS had dulled his taste buds, accounting for his preference for New Coke in taste tests.
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