Meanings
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the sensory properties of a particular food or chemical, the taste, colour, odour, and feel.
The organoleptic assessment of the wine showed that it was spoiled.
1 more example
At some point in the history of QC evaluations of alcohol beverages the phrase ‘organoleptic testing’ crept into the industry's vocabulary. Though organoleptic testing does refer to the use of the senses for product evaluations, that is where the comparison to sensory evaluation stops.
2011, John Piggott, editor, Alcoholic Beverages: Sensory Evaluation and Consumer Research, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 26 - not comparableUsing the senses rather than instruments.
Organoleptic testing of the cosmetics revealed the presence of lumps in the hand cream.
Origin
- Ancient Greekληπτικός“disposed to take”
- Frenchorganoleptique
- Englishorganoleptic
From French organoleptique, from organo- + Ancient Greek ληπτικός (lēptikós, “disposed to take”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).
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Catalan organolèptic
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Dutch organoleptisch
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Finnish aistinvarainen
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French organoleptique
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German organoleptisch
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Greek οργανοληπτικός
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Irish orgánaileipteach
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Italian organolettico
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Norwegian Bokmål organoleptisk
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Portuguese organoléptico
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Russian органолептический
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Spanish organoléptico
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Swedish organoleptisk
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Cite this entry
organoleptic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organoleptic
“organoleptic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organoleptic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “organoleptic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organoleptic.
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