savor
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See also: savôr
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- savour (British)
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowing from Old French savour, from Latin sapor (“taste, flavor”), from sapiō (“taste of, have a flavor of”).
Noun[edit]
savor (plural savors)
- the specific taste or smell of something
- a distinctive sensation
Translations[edit]
the specific taste or smell of something
a distinctive sensation
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowing from Old French savourer, from savour, or possibly Late Latin sapōrāre, present active infinitive of sapōrō, from sapor (“taste, flavor”), from sapiō (“taste of, have a flavor of”).
Verb[edit]
savor (third-person singular simple present savors, present participle savoring, simple past and past participle savored)
- to possess a particular taste or smell, or a distinctive quality
- to appreciate, enjoy or relish something
Translations[edit]
to possess a particular taste or smell, or a distinctive quality
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to appreciate, enjoy or relish something
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Anagrams[edit]
Ido[edit]
Verb[edit]
savor
- future infinitive of savar
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
savor f (oblique plural savors, nominative singular savor, nominative plural savors)
- Alternative form of savour
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- English terms borrowed from Old French
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English verbs
- American English forms
- en:Smell
- en:Taste
- Ido non-lemma forms
- Ido verb forms
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French feminine nouns
