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flair

(fleəʳ )

1. singular noun

If you have a flair for a particular thing, you have a natural ability to do it well.

...a friend who has a flair for languages. [+ for]

Synonyms: ability, feel, talent, gift More Synonyms of flair

2. uncountable noun

If you have flair, you do things in an original, interesting, and stylish way.

[approval]

Their work has all the usual punch, panache and flair you'd expect.

Synonyms: style, taste, dash, chic More Synonyms of flair

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flair in British English 1

(flɛə )

noun

1.

natural ability; talent; aptitude

2.

instinctive discernment; perceptiveness

3.

stylishness or elegance; dash

to dress with flair

4. hunting rare

a.

the scent left by quarry

b.

the sense of smell of a hound

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C19: from French, literally: sense of smell, from Old French: scent, from flairier to give off a smell, ultimately from Latin frāgrāre to smell sweet; see fragrant

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flair in British English 2

(fleɪr )

noun

a Scot word for floor

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flair in American English

(flɛr )

noun

1. Obsolete

sense of smell; hence, keen, natural discernment

2.

a natural talent or ability; aptitude; knack

3.

a sense of what is stylish and striking; dash

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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ME, odor, fragrance < OFr < flairer, to emit an odor < LL flagrare, for L fragrare, to smell, reek < IE *bhrag-, prob. < base *bher-, to boil up > barm, breath

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flair in American English

(flɛər)

noun

1.

a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack

a flair for writing rhymes

2.

smartness of style, manner, etc

Their window display has absolutely no flair at all

3.

keen perception or discernment

4. Hunting

scent; sense of smell

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Word origin

[1350–1400; ME ‹ F, OF: scent, n. deriv. of flairier to reek ‹‹ VL *flāgrāre, dissimilated var. of L frāgrāre. See fragrant]

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It adds little new to its chosen film-making style, but it does not lack visual flair.We don't want to take away from the flair and goal ability but make sure when we are scoring a goal it is winning us a game.But now the flair and panache have given way to fight and power.He has a natural flair for flying and wants to be a pilot.We looked strong and solid and showed some attacking flair.To add some visual flair use an app that sends messages as email attachments.The flair players will get the headlines but the warriors deserved them.The best police chiefs will no doubt step up to the financial challenge with flair and imagination.The experience brought out his entrepreneurial flair.He showed a flair for the moment then.

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British English: flair NOUN /flɛər/

If you have a flair for a particular thing, you have a natural ability to do it well.

...a friend who has a flair for languages.

American English: flair /ˈflɛər/
Brazilian Portuguese: talento
Chinese: 天赋
European Spanish: facilidad
French: don
German: Gespür
Italian: facilità
Japanese: 才能
Korean: 천부적 재능
European Portuguese: talento
Latin American Spanish: facilidad
Thai: พรสวรรค์

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