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flavor

  • /ˈfleɪvə/ UK
  • /ˈfleɪvɚ/ Canada, US
  • /ˈflæɪvə/ Australia, New Zealand

Sounds like flava (non-rhotic accents) · Rhymes with -eɪvə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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.

noun flavors · flavour · flavuh

  1. 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.
  2. US, countable, uncountable Flavoring, a substance used to produce a taste. Flavor was added to the pudding.
  3. US, countable, uncountable A variety (of taste) attributed to an object (food, candy, chewing gum, medicine, etc). What flavor of bubble gum do you most enjoy?
  4. US, countable, uncountable The characteristic quality of something. the flavor of an experience
  5. US, countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable A kind or type. Debian is one flavor of the Linux operating system.
  6. 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
  7. 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).
  8. US, archaic, countable, uncountable The quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance. the flavor of a rose

verb flavors · flavoring · flavored · flavour · flavuh

  1. US, transitive To add flavoring to something.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: savour, flavour, savor, sapidity, relish, tang, smell, feeling, feel, smack, spirit, season, look, tone, sapor, taste

Translations

Every language

noun the quality produced by the sensation of taste

Españolsabor, gusto, sazón
한국어향미 hyangmi, 풍미 pungmi, 맛 mat
日本語味 aji, 風味 fūmi, 香味 kōmi, フレーバー furēbā
中文味道 wèidao, 味兒 /味儿 wèir
हिन्दीस्वाद svād, सुवास suvās
Portuguêssabor, gosto
Françaisgoût, saveur
DeutschGeschmack
Italianosapore, gusto
Românăsavoare, gust, aromă
Русскийвкус vkus, арома́т aromát, при́вкус prívkus
Tiếng Việthương vị
العربيةنَكْهَة nakha, طَعْم ṭaʕm
עבריתטַעַם tá'am

noun a type of something

한국어특징 teukjing
Françaisstyle
Italianotipo, varietà, genere, specie
Русскийсорт sort, тип tip

noun a substance used to produce a taste

한국어향료 hyangnyo, 조미료 jomiryo
日本語香料 kōryō, 調味料 chōmiryō
中文調料 /调料 tiáoliào, 調味料 /调味料 tiáowèiliào
Portuguêscondimento
Françaissaveur
DeutschGeschmacksstoff, Geschmacksverstärker
Italianosapori, fragranza, aroma
Русскийприпра́ва pripráva, доба́вка dobávka
العربيةبَهَار bahār

noun a variety (of taste)

Españolsabor
Portuguêssabor
Françaissaveur, goût
Italianosapore
Русскийбуке́т bukét
עבריתטַעַם tá'am

noun the characteristic quality of something

Portuguêssabor
Françaissaveur
Русскийпри́вкус prívkus, осо́бенность osóbennostʹ

noun in physics, the types of quarks or leptons

中文味 wèi, 味道 wèidào
Portuguêssabor
Françaissaveur
Italianosapore

verb to add flavoring to something

Españolsaborizar, condimentar
Portuguêscondimentar
Françaisassaisonner
Deutschwürzen
Italianocondire, aromatizzare, profumare
Русскийприправля́ть pripravljátʹ, припра́вить priprávitʹ

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@misc{flavor_2026,
  title = {flavor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flavor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}