flair

See also Flair

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French flair (“scent, odour”), from flairier (“to reek, smell”), from Vulgar Latin *flāgrō, dissimilated variation of Latin frāgrō (“emit a sweet smell”, v). More at fragrant.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /flɛə/, X-SAMPA: /flE@/
• (US) enPR: flâr, IPA: /flɛɚ/, X-SAMPA: /flE@`/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
• Homophone: flare

Noun

flair (plural flairs)

1. A natural or innate talent or aptitude; a knack.
2. Distinctive style or elegance; panache or elan.

Synonyms

• (natural or innate talent): gift, knack, talent
• (distinctive style or elegance): elan, elegance, grace, panache, style

Translations

natural or innate talent or aptitude

• Bulgarian: усет (bg) (uset) m, способност (bg) (sposobnost) f
• French: don (fr) m, talent (fr) m, aptitude (fr) f
• German: Begabung (de) f

• Portuguese: dom (pt) m, talento (pt) m, aptidão (pt) f
• Russian: способность (ru) (sposobnostʹ) f, склонность (ru) (sklonnostʹ) f

distinctive style or elegance

• Bulgarian: стил (bg) (stil) pl
• French: style (fr) m, panache (fr) m
• German: Flair (de) n

• Portuguese: estilo (pt) m
• Russian: своеобразие (ru) (svojeobrazije) n

Anagrams

• frail

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French

Etymology

From flairer, from Latin flagrare, to blow. Cognate to Portuguese cheiro.

Pronunciation

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Noun

flair m (plural flairs)

1. sense of smell
2. intuition, sixth sense

Anagrams

• rifla

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Old French

Noun

flair m (oblique plural flairs, nominative singular flairs, nominative plural flair)

1. smell; odor
2. sense of smell

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Scots

Alternative forms

• fluir

Etymology

Old English flōr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fler/

Noun

flair (plural flairs)

1. floor
   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 140:

     He skited it over the flair maybe if it was a jotter and it was you to go and get it.