flavour

== English == === Alternative forms === flavor (American spelling) === Pronunciation === === Noun === flavour (countable and uncountable, plural flavours) British standard spelling of flavor. The flavour of this apple pie is delicious. Flavour was added to the pudding. What flavour of bubble gum do you enjoy? The flavour of an experience. Debian is one flavour of the Linux operating system. === Verb === flavour (third-person singular simple present flavours, present participle flavouring, simple past and past participle flavoured) British standard spelling of flavor. === Derived terms === == Middle English == === Alternative forms === flavor === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French flaor, flaour, from Vulgar Latin *flātor. Medial -v- is due to the influence of savour (“taste”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flaːˈvuːr/, /ˈflaːvur/ === Noun === flavour odour (generally pleasing) ==== Descendants ==== English: flavour, flavor ==== References ==== “flāvǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.