flavor en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfleɪvɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈflæɪvə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- audio Colorado
- /ˈfleɪvə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (California, Southern) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Italic *flāōder. Latin flō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin flātor Vulgar Latin *flātorder. Old French flaorbor. Middle English savourinflu. Middle English flavour English flavor From Middle English flavour meaning “smell, odour”, usually pleasing, borrowed from Old French flaour (“smell, odour”) (cfr. Sicilian ciàguru, its etymology and semantic), from Vulgar Latin *flātor (“odour, that which blows”), from Latin flātor (“blower”), from flō, flāre (“to blow, puff”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”). Doublet of blow and bleat.
Meanings
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(US, countable, uncountable) The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
The flavor of this apple pie is delicious.
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(US, countable, uncountable) Flavoring, a substance used to produce a taste.
Flavor was added to the pudding.
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(US, countable, uncountable) A variety (of taste) attributed to an object (food, candy, chewing gum, medicine, etc).
My favorite flavor of lip balm is called mystical minty camomile.
What flavor of bubble gum do you most enjoy?
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(US, countable, uncountable) The characteristic quality of something.
the flavor of an experience
I'd like to read from a pair of letters that we got recently at GCN to give you the flavor of the issues gay prisoners have to deal with.
1983 December 10, Mike Riegle, “Sexual Politics of "Crime": Inside and Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 21, page 5:
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(US, countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable) A kind or type.
Debian is one flavor of the Linux operating system.
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(US, countable, slang, uncountable) Style.
Who brings the flavor? / That's me, that's me / Who brings the flavor? / That's me. I got it
1993, “Bring The Flavor”, in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah:
- (US, countable, particle, uncountable) One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon).
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(US, archaic, countable, uncountable) The quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance.
It was damp, it was not free from dry rot, there was a flavour of rats in it, and it was the gloomy victim of that indescribable decay which settles on all the work of man’s hands whenever it’s not turned to man’s account.
1859 December 13, Charles Dickens, “The Mortals in the House”, in Charles Dickens, editor, The Haunted House. The Extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Whiting, […], →OCLC, page 4:the flavor of a rose
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| flavour | UK, alternative | lexicographic | |
| flavuh | alternative, pronunciation-spelling | lexicographic | |
| flavors | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
flavor text · today's flavor · disflavor · flavor of the week · flavory · flavor burst · flavor fatigue · flavoring · flavorsome · fat is flavor · flavorer · off-flavor · flavor enhancer · flavorless · flavorist · flavorize · flavor saver · flavored · flavorful · flavorwood · flavorwise · flavor of the road · flavor of the month · flavordynamics
Translations (168)
pt gosto (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · fr style (a type of something) · bg подпра́вка (a substance used to produce a taste) · ka გემო (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ms rasa (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · cmn 調料 /调料 (a substance used to produce a taste) · ta பண்பு (the characteristic quality of something) · nl smaakstof (a substance used to produce a taste) · ko 맛 (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · fa مزه (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · izh maku (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ko 향미 (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · fr saveur (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · km រសជាតិ (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · cmn 調味料 /调味料 (a substance used to produce a taste) · txb śūke (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · uk припра́ва (a substance used to produce a taste) · vi hương vị (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · bg вкус (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · pt sabor (a variety (of taste)) · sv smakämne (a substance used to produce a taste) · fi maku (a type of something) · my ရသ (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · pl smak (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ne स्वाद (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · oc gost (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · fr saveur (in physics, the types of quarks or leptons) · sv slag (a type of something) · gl sabor (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · la sapor (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ar طَعْم (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ne फ्लेबर (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · hy համ (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · it tipo (a type of something) · fi maku (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · uk смак (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · it sapori (a substance used to produce a taste) · it specie (a type of something) · hu íz (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · af smaak (the characteristic quality of something) · he טַעַם (a variety (of taste)) · sv arom (in physics, the types of quarks or leptons) · nl smaak (the characteristic quality of something) · cs příchuť (a substance used to produce a taste) · tr çeşni (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · mk вкус (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · it sapore (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · mfe gou (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · nb smak (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · pt sabor (in physics, the types of quarks or leptons) · ko 특징 (a type of something) · km រស (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · it fragranza (a substance used to produce a taste) · fi makuaine (a substance used to produce a taste) · ca sabor (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ro aromă (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ta கூறு (the characteristic quality of something) · cy blas (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · pt sabor (the characteristic quality of something) · ta வகை (a type of something) · ru осо́бенность (the characteristic quality of something) · sv smak (a variety (of taste)) · ru при́вкус (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ms perisa (a variety (of taste)) · nl smaak (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · es gusto (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · la sapor (a substance used to produce a taste) · ja 調味料 (a substance used to produce a taste) · ja 香味 (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · mi hā (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · uk арома́т (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ru припра́ва (a substance used to produce a taste) · ar نَكْهَة (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · fi mauste (a substance used to produce a taste) · sv smak (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · fr goût (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · es sazón (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ru тип (a type of something) · de Geschmacksstoff (a substance used to produce a taste) · th รสชาติ (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ro gust (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ru доба́вка (a substance used to produce a taste) · ko 풍미 (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · da smag (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · fr saveur (the characteristic quality of something) · es sabor (a variety (of taste)) · tg мазза (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ka არომატი (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · cmn 味道 (in physics, the types of quarks or leptons) · uk при́смак (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · af smaakstof (a substance used to produce a taste) · mi namunamuā (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · mi tāwara (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · af smaak (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · it gusto (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · de Geschmacksverstärker (a substance used to produce a taste) · de Geschmack (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ba тәм (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · af smaak (a variety (of taste)) · it sapore (in physics, the types of quarks or leptons) · cmn 味兒 /味儿 (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · la sapor (a variety (of taste)) · sl priokus (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · be прыпра́ва (a substance used to produce a taste) · fi maku (in physics, the types of quarks or leptons) · mi whakakakara (a substance used to produce a taste) · oc sabor (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · nn smak (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · fr goût (a variety (of taste)) · pl aromat (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · he טַעַם (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · it sapore (a variety (of taste)) · sk príchuť (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ko 향료 (a substance used to produce a taste) · ru сорт (a type of something) · be смак (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · pl odmiana (a type of something) · ru при́вкус (the characteristic quality of something) · eu zapore (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · sv sort (a type of something) · be арама́т (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · it aroma (a substance used to produce a taste) · ru арома́т (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · it genere (a type of something) · fi maku (a variety (of taste)) · ru вкус (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · hu zamat (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ja 香料 (a substance used to produce a taste) · be пры́смак (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · fa چاشنی (a substance used to produce a taste) · hi सुवास (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ca gust (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · cs příchuť (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · fi maku (the characteristic quality of something) · sv smaktillsats (a substance used to produce a taste) · xal амтн (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · pt sabor (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · pt condimento (a substance used to produce a taste) · nl smaak (a variety (of taste)) · ar بَهَار (a substance used to produce a taste) · mi tāwhara (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ta சுவை (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ru буке́т (a variety (of taste)) · fr saveur (a substance used to produce a taste) · cmn 味 (in physics, the types of quarks or leptons) · ta சுவை (a variety (of taste)) · gl aroma (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · cmn 味道 (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ro savoare (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · hu aroma (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · gsw Gust (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · lo ລົດຊາດ (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · fa طعم (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ko 조미료 (a substance used to produce a taste) · hi स्वाद (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · th รส (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ja 風味 (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · sl okus (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · fr saveur (a variety (of taste)) · ja フレーバー (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · lt skonis (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · bg буке́т (a variety (of taste)) · es sabor (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · ja 味 (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · it varietà (a type of something) · nl meug (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · sq shije (the quality produced by the sensation of taste) · is bragðefni (the quality produced by the sensation of taste)