flavor
/ˈfleɪvɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.04 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
A variety (of taste) attributed to an object (food, candy, chewing gum, medicine, etc).
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The flavor of this apple pie is delicious."
- "Flavor was added to the pudding."
- "What flavor of bubble gum do you most enjoy?"
- "My favorite flavor of lip balm is called mystical minty camomile."
- "the flavor of an experience"
- "I'd like to read from a pair of letters that we got recently at GCN to give you the flavor of the issues gay prisoners have to deal with."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Italic *flāōder. Latin flō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin flātor Vulgar Latin *flātorder. Old French flaorbor. Middle English savourinflu. Middle English flavour English flavor 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfleɪvɚ/
- British English: /ˈfleɪvə/
Usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Informal
- Slang
- Archaic
- Transitive verb