# вкус
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fkus]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

вкус • (vkus) m (relational adjective вку́сов)
* taste, flavour, savour, smack (sensory feeling perceived through the tongue via contact with the percept)
    Hypernym: у́сет (úset)
* (figurative) taste, preference
    добъ́р вкус ― dobǎ́r vkus ― good taste

#### Derived terms

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

#### Related terms

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

### References

* “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

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fkus]

### Noun

вкус • (vkus) m (plural вкусови, relational adjective вкусен)
* taste (also used figuratively)

#### Declension
## Russian
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fkus]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

вкус • (vkus) m inan (genitive вку́са, nominative plural вку́сы, genitive plural вку́сов, relational adjective вкусово́й)
* 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
* flavour/flavor, fancy
* style, manner

#### Related terms

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

#### Descendants

* → Czech: vkus

#### See also

Basic tastes in Russian · вку́сы (vkúsy) (layout · text) :
| сла́дкий (sládkij) | ки́слый (kíslyj) | солёный (soljónyj) | го́рький (górʹkij) | о́стрый (óstryj) | пика́нтный (pikántnyj) |

### References

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

## Ukrainian
### Alternative forms

* уку́с (ukús)

### Etymology

Deverbal from вкуси́ти (vkusýty).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʍkus]
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### Noun

вкус • (vkus) m inan (genitive вку́су, nominative plural вку́си, genitive plural вку́сів)
* Alternative form of уку́с (ukús)

#### Usage notes

* 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.

#### Declension
### Further reading

* 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 (2010–2023), “вкус”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
* “вкус”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “вкус”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)