"flavour" meaning in All languages combined

See flavour on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-us-flavour.ogg Forms: flavours [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} flavour (countable and uncountable, plural flavours)
  1. British standard spelling of flavor. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: flavour, sapor [rare], smack, smake, smatch, taste Hypernyms: sensation Meronyms: bitter, meaty, salty, sour, sweet Related terms: race [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-flavour-en-noun-ZVM9E3J4 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 26 Hyponyms: relish, zest, zing [slang], tang, twang, bitterness, saltiness, savoriness, sourness, spiciness, sweetness
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flavor [US]

Verb [English]

Audio: En-us-flavour.ogg Forms: flavours [present, singular, third-person], flavouring [participle, present], flavoured [participle, past], flavoured [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} flavour (third-person singular simple present flavours, present participle flavouring, simple past and past participle flavoured)
  1. British standard spelling of flavor.
    Sense id: en-flavour-en-verb-ZVM9E3J4 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flavor [US]

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /flaːˈvuːr/, /ˈflaːvur/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French flaor, flaour, from Vulgar Latin *flātor. Medial -v- is due to the influence of savour (“taste”). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|flaor}} Old French flaor, {{der|enm|VL.|*flātor}} Vulgar Latin *flātor Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} flavour
  1. odour (generally pleasing) Categories (topical): Smell Synonyms: flavor
    Sense id: en-flavour-enm-noun-guGudLSA Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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