flair

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English flayre, from Old French flair (“scent, odour”), from flairier (“to reek, smell”), from Latin flāgrō, dissimilated variation of frāgrō (“emit a sweet smell”, verb). More at fragrant. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /flɛə̯/ (US) enPR: flâr, IPA(key): /flɛɚ̯/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /fleː/ (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /fleə/ (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /fliə/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /fleɹ/ (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /flɜː(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Homophones: flare; fleer (cheer–chair merger); fleur (fair–fur merger) === Noun === flair (countable and uncountable, plural flairs) A natural or innate talent or aptitude. Synonyms: gift, knack, talent Distinctive style or elegance. Synonyms: elan, elegance, grace, panache, style (obsolete) Smell; odor. (obsolete) Olfaction; sense of smell. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === flair (third-person singular simple present flairs, present participle flairing, simple past and past participle flaired) (transitive) To add flair. === Anagrams === filar, frail == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French flair. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flɛːr/ === Noun === flair m or n (uncountable, no diminutive) flair (talent or aptitude) (by extension) intuition, sixth sense flair (distinctive style or elegance) (obsolete) olfaction; sense of smell == French == === Etymology === Deverbal from flairer, from Latin flagrare (“to blow”). Cognate to Portuguese cheiro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flɛʁ/ === Noun === flair m (plural flairs) sense of smell (by extension) intuition, sixth sense === Further reading === “flair”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === rifla == Old French == === Noun === flair oblique singular, m (oblique plural flairs, nominative singular flairs, nominative plural flair) smell; odor sense of smell == Scots == === Alternative forms === fluir === Etymology === From Old English flōr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fler/ === Noun === flair (plural flairs) floor