<p>I think it's translated as:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>脂肪味</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Sources:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2015/7/323886.shtm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2015/7/323886.shtm</a></p>
<p><a href="http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0729/c70731-27376218.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0729/c70731-27376218.html</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Baike has an <a href="http://www.baike.com/wiki/%E8%84%82%E8%82%AA%E5%91%B3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">article</a> on it too, but that seems to be related to an earlier US finding related to the gene CD36.</p>
<p>Interestingly, your suggestion of <code>脂味</code> appears to be the <a href="http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20150727-00000090-it_nlab-sci" rel="nofollow noreferrer">preferred</a> Japanese translation.</p>

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Ringil
<p><strong>io9</strong></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>There are five acknowledged tastes: sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and (slightly more controversially) umami. For awhile now, researchers have suggested the existence of a sixth taste: fat. Now, a new study has researchers saying they may have finally isolated it—and they’ve given it a name: oleogustus.</p>
</blockquote>

<p><strong>oleogustus</strong> in Chinese news media is usually written in English with a parenthetically explanation something along the lines of:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>oleogustus(在拉丁语中意思是脂肪味)</p>
</blockquote>

<ul>
<li>is there an official translation yet?</li>
</ul>

<p>Although I'm only expecting it to be something like 脂味.</p>

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There are roughly 20 pages on .cn TLD sites  [Google for 'site:cn oleogustus'] that mention this word, which itself is probably not older than 2 weeks or so. Relax.
imrek
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油味儿？...........
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Informally they are called 腻.
user23013
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Is there an official translation for oleogustus, yet?
# Is there an official translation for oleogustus, yet?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-30)

**io9**

> There are five acknowledged tastes: sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and (slightly more controversially) umami. For awhile now, researchers have suggested the existence of a sixth taste: fat. Now, a new study has researchers saying they may have finally isolated it—and they’ve given it a name: oleogustus.

**oleogustus** in Chinese news media is usually written in English with a parenthetically explanation something along the lines of:

> oleogustus(在拉丁语中意思是脂肪味)

* is there an official translation yet?

Although I'm only expecting it to be something like 脂味.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: There are roughly 20 pages on .cn TLD sites  [Google for 'site:cn oleogustus'] that mention this word, which itself is probably not older than 2 weeks or so. Relax.  
> **username_2**: 油味儿？...........  
> **username_3**: Informally they are called 腻.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2015-07-30. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

I think it's translated as:

> 脂肪味

Sources:

> <http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2015/7/323886.shtm>
>
> <http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0729/c70731-27376218.html>

Baike has an [article](http://www.baike.com/wiki/%E8%84%82%E8%82%AA%E5%91%B3) on it too, but that seems to be related to an earlier US finding related to the gene CD36.

Interestingly, your suggestion of `脂味` appears to be the [preferred](http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20150727-00000090-it_nlab-sci) Japanese translation.


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