flavour
Americannoun
noun
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taste perceived in food or liquid in the mouth
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a substance added to food, etc, to impart a specific taste
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a distinctive quality or atmosphere; suggestion
a poem with a Shakespearean flavour
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a type or variety
various flavours of graphical interface
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physics a property of quarks that enables them to be differentiated into six types: up, down, strange, charm, bottom (or beauty), and top (or truth)
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a person or thing that is the most popular at a certain time
verb
Spelling
See -or 1.
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Etymology
Origin of flavour
C14: from Old French flaour , from Late Latin flātor (unattested) bad smell, breath, from Latin flāre to blow
Example Sentences
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"We're kind of like flavour miners," says Clayton says.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
An email from that year gives a flavour of what he seems to have expected from her.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Her friend Abeer, 28, agrees, but adds that she thinks the majority of people drink it "for the vibes" rather than because they like the flavour.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
A Japanese drink made from green tea, hojicha is dry-roasted at high temperatures to produce a distinctive aroma and nutty flavour.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
It was a deliberate attempt to make harmony sound unstable and more exotic in flavour.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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