flavour

American  

[fley-ver] / ˈfleɪ vər /

noun

Chiefly British.

1. flavor.

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flavour British  

/ ˈfleɪvə /

noun

1. taste perceived in food or liquid in the mouth

2. a substance added to food, etc, to impart a specific taste

3. a distinctive quality or atmosphere; suggestion

   a poem with a Shakespearean flavour

4. a type or variety

   various flavours of graphical interface

5. 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)

6. a person or thing that is the most popular at a certain time

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verb

1. (tr) to impart a flavour, taste, or quality to

Spelling

See -or ¹.

Other Word Forms

• flavourer noun
• flavourless adjective
• flavoursome adjective

Etymology

Origin of flavour

C14: from Old French flaour , from Late Latin flātor (unattested) bad smell, breath, from Latin flāre to blow

Example Sentences

Stern apparently forwards it to Epstein with the words, "Don't waste time reading the below, just scroll through it for a flavour of the mess".

From BBC

At dawn and sunset, Ananda, 63, climbs towering Caryota urens trees to collect the sweet, milky sap that is boiled into treacle -- a caramel-coloured syrup with a pleasant aroma that enhances the flavour of desserts.

From Barron's

Among the fans is Sumayya who is firmly hooked on the takeaway's flavours, variety, and affordability.

From BBC

Some of her favourite moments include Beaker losing his eyeballs in a science experiment and Gonzo wearing flaming roller skates - to give a flavour of the chaos.

From BBC

"But it was very interesting to actually be able to taste the different flavours in the water — I didn’t think I was going to."

From Barron's