Latvian

Alternative forms

• (dialectal form) gauma

Noun

gaume f (5th declension)

1. taste (aesthetic and cultural discernment, the sense of what is aesthetically or culturally better)

   laba gaume‎ ― good taste

   ģērbties ar gaumi‎ ― to dress with taste

   izkopt muzikālo gaumi‎ ― to cultivate musical taste

   lēta, slikta gaume‎ ― cheap, poor taste

   mākslinieka gaumi vispirms nosaka prasme atšķirt labu darbu no slikta‎ ― an artist's taste is first of all expressed (as the) capacity to distingusih good work from bad

2. taste (someone's individual preferences)

   tāds darbs ir viņa gaumē‎ ― such work is in his taste

   nē, tādas izpriecas nav manā gaumē‎ ― no, this kind of pastime, entertainment is not in my taste

   plašā piedāvājumā: telpaugi dažādām gaumēm!‎ ― wide selection of house plants for every taste!

   cik vīriešu, tik gaumju‎ ― (there are) as many preferences as (there are) men

3. style, cuisine (following a certain recipe or culinary tradition)

   ēdiens poļu gaumē‎ ― food in Polish taste (= style, i.e., following Polish recipes, tradition)

   pirmo reizi atkal pēc ilgāka laika bija iespējams kārtīgi paēst un pie tam izslavētas vācu gaumē pagatavotās siļķu kotletes‎ ― for the first time again after a long time it was possible to eat well, in fact the celebrated herring meatballs, prepared in the German style (lit. taste)

Declension

Synonyms

• garša, garšošana

Derived terms

• gaumīgs, gaumīgums

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “gaume”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7