вкус

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fkus]

• Audio:

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Noun

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

Declension

Declension of вкус

	singular	plural
indefinite	вкус vkus	вку́сове vkúsove
definite (subject form)	вкусъ́т vkusǎ́t	вку́совете vkúsovete
definite (object form)	вкуса́ vkusá
count form	—	вку́са vkúsa

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^(key): [fkus]

Noun

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

1. taste (also used figuratively)

Declension

Declension of вкус

	singular	plural
indefinite	вкус (vkus)	вкусови (vkusovi)
definite unspecified	вкусот (vkusot)	вкусовите (vkusovite)
definite proximal	вкусов (vkusov)	вкусовиве (vkusovive)
definite distal	вкусон (vkuson)	вкусовине (vkusovine)
vocative	вкусу (vkusu)	вкусови (vkusovi)
count form	—	вкуса (vkusa)

Russian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fkus]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

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.

Declension

Declension of вкус (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	вку́с vkús	вку́сы vkúsy
genitive	вку́са vkúsa	вку́сов vkúsov
dative	вку́су vkúsu	вку́сам vkúsam
accusative	вку́с vkús	вку́сы vkúsy
instrumental	вку́сом vkúsom	вку́сами vkúsami
prepositional	вку́се vkúse	вку́сах vkúsax

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^(key): [ʍkus]

Noun

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

1. 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

Declension of вкус
(inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	вкус vkus	вку́си vkúsy
genitive	вку́су vkúsu	вку́сів vkúsiv
dative	вку́сові, вку́су vkúsovi, vkúsu	вку́сам vkúsam
accusative	вкус vkus	вку́си vkúsy
instrumental	вку́сом vkúsom	вку́сами vkúsamy
locative	вку́сі vkúsi	вку́сах vkúsax
vocative	вку́се vkúse	вку́си vkúsy

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 (2010–2025), “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)