Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
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Foretaste
Synonyms for "foretaste" (34 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (17)
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6 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- предвкусване noun (taste taken in advance)
- предвкусвам verb (to taste beforehand)
- предвкусвам verb (to enjoy by anticipation)
Danish
1 entries- forsmag noun (taste taken in advance)
Dutch
1 entries- voorproefje noun (taste taken in advance)
Finnish
2 entries- esimaku noun (taste taken in advance)
- maistaa etukäteen verb (to taste beforehand)
French
1 entries- avant-goût noun (taste taken in advance)
Hungarian
1 entries- ízelítő noun (taste taken in advance)
Italian
3 entries- pregustazione noun (taste taken in advance)
- prelibazione noun (taste taken in advance)
- presentimento noun (taste taken in advance)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- forsmak noun (taste taken in advance)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- forsmak noun (taste taken in advance)
- føresmak noun (taste taken in advance)
Occitan
2 entries- abansgost noun (taste taken in advance)
- abanstast noun (taste taken in advance)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Väaschmak noun (taste taken in advance)
Polish
1 entries- przedsmak noun (taste taken in advance)
Portuguese
1 entries- prelibar verb (to enjoy by anticipation)
Russian
1 entries- предвкуше́ние noun (taste taken in advance)
Swedish
1 entries- försmak noun (taste taken in advance)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her.
Source: wiktionary
[...] foretast'd fruit, Profan'd first by the serpent [...]
Source: wiktionary
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