# smak
## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑk

### Noun

smak c (plural smakken, diminutive smakje n)
* crash, blow, smack

#### Synonyms

* klap
* knal

### Verb

smak
* inflection of smakken:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### References

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Smak”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

## 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: /smak/, /smatʃ/

### Noun

smak
* The taste (of things).
* The sense of taste.
* A smell or odour.
* (rare) The feeling of joy.
* (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)
* taste (both in food and fashion)

##### Derived terms

* ettersmak
* forsmak
* smakfull
* smakløs
* smaksette
* smakssak
* smaksstoff
* smakstilsetning

##### Related terms

* smake

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

smak
* imperative of smake

### References

* “smak” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Low German smak, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“taste, smack”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /smɑːk/

### Noun

smak m (definite singular smaken, indefinite plural smakar, definite plural smakane)
* 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

* ettersmak
* forsmak, føresmak
* smakfull
* smakssak
* smaksstoff
* smakstilsetning

### Verb

smak
* imperative of smaka

### References

* “smak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German smak / smake, from Old Saxon *smakk / *smak, from Proto-West Germanic *smakku. Compare Middle English smak.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /smak/
* IPA: (15th CE) /smak/

### Noun

smak m inan (related adjective smaczny)
* taste (sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of the sensation of taste)
    Synonym: smaczność
    Alternative form: smaka
** 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 60:Saporem smak, chancz[Saporem smak, chęć]
** 1880-1894 [XV med.], Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności‎, volume I, Lviv, page 75:Sicut Christus dilexit vos et tradidit semetipsum pro vobis oblacionem et hostiam [deo] in odorem suauitatis nad szmak, nad wonyą szlotką, roszkoszną[Sicut Christus dilexit vos et tradidit semetipsum pro vobis oblacionem et hostiam [deo] in odorem suauitatis nad smak, nad wonią słodką, rozkoszną]
* taste, flavor (one of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals)
** 1885-2024 [c. 1450], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne‎, volume IV, page 568:[Habet] palatum inordinatum smac ma sly[[Habet] palatum inordinatum smak ma zły]

#### Derived terms

* smaczność
* osmaczyć pf
* smakować impf
* wysmaczeć pf

#### Related terms

* niesmaczny
* niesmakowany
* smacznie
* smakowanie

#### Descendants

* Polish: smak
* Silesian: smak

### References

* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “smak”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* smaka (Central Greater Poland, Far Masovian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish smak.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsmak/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ak
* Syllabification: smak
* Homophone: Smak

### Noun

smak m inan (diminutive smaczek, related adjective smakowy)
* (uncountable) taste (sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of the sensation of taste)
    Synonym: podniebienie
    Hypernym: zmysł
    stracić smak ― to lose one's sense of taste
* (countable) taste, flavor (one of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals)
    Ten indyk jest niezły w smaku. ― This turkey tastes quite good.
* (countable) taste, flavor, smack (quality of giving the sensation of taste) [with genitive ‘of what’]
    smak mięsa ― taste of meat
* (countable, figurative) taste, smack (small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole) [with genitive ‘of what’]
    Synonym: doświadczenie
    smak przygody ― taste of adventure
* (uncountable, colloquial) taste, liking, appetite (desire to eat food or consume drink) [with na (+ accusative) ‘for what’]
    Synonym: apetyt
    Hypernym: chęć
    smak na czekoladę ― taste for chocolate
* (uncountable, colloquial, figurative) taste, liking, appetite, penchant, predilection (desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind) [with do (+ genitive) ‘for what’ or (proscribed) dla (+ genitive) ‘for what’]
    Synonyms: apetyt, upodobanie
    Hypernym: chęć
    smak do książek ― taste for books
    stracić smak dla czegoś ― to lose the taste for something
* (uncountable, figurative) taste (person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.)
    Synonym: gust
    Antonyms: bezguście, kicz
    smak literacki ― literary taste
* (uncountable, figurative) flavor (characteristic quality of something)
    odkrywać smaki Warszawy ― to discover the flavors of Warsaw
* (countable, colloquial) flavor, flavoring (substance used to impart a particular taste)
    Zupa jest za mało słona, dodaj trochę smaku. ― The soup is not salty enough, add some flavor.
* (countable) bouillon, broth, stock (clear seasoned broth made by simmering usually light meat, such as beef or chicken, or bones or vegetables)
    Synonym: bulion
    smak z kości ― bone broth

#### Usage notes

In colloquial speech, sense 5 can sometimes be animate, especially in such phrases as mieć smaka na coś or robić komuś smaka na coś.

#### Derived terms

* smaczny
* smakowity
* smakowny
* dla smaku
* do smaku
* nie w smak
* w smak
* niesmak
* posmak
* przysmak
* smaczliwka
* smakołyk
* smakosz
* smakoszka
* smakować impf
* zniesmaczać impf
* zniesmaczyć pf

#### Related terms

* smakoszowski
* na smaczek
* smacznie
* smaczno
* smakowicie
* smakownie
* smakowo
* smacznego
* smaczność
* smakoszostwo
* smakowitość
* smakowniczek
* smakownik
* smakowność
* smakowość

#### Descendants

* → Belarusian: смак (smak)
* → Russian: смак (smak)
* → Ukrainian: смак (smak)

#### See also

Basic tastes in Polish · smaki (layout · text) :
| słodki | kwaśny | słony | gorzki | ostry | wytrawny, słony, umami |

### Further reading

* smak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* smak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* smak in PWN's encyclopedia

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

smȁk m (Cyrillic spelling сма̏к)
* 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:(file)

### Noun

smak c
* taste (how something tastes)
    en krämig sås med smak av citrona creamy sauce with a taste of lemon
* the sense of taste, gustation
    Synonym: smaksinne
* taste (preferences, etc.)
    Den var inte i hans smakIt wasn't to his taste
    tycke och smakopinions and taste (something subjective – idiomatic)

#### 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)
* Svensk MeSH

### Anagrams

* kams, mask, mask., skam