"flair" meaning in English

See flair in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /flɛə̯/ [Received-Pronunciation], /flɛɚ̯/ [US] Audio: en-us-flair.ogg Forms: flairs [plural]
enPR: flâr [US] Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English flayre, from Old French flair (“scent, odour”), from flairier (“to reek, smell”), from Latin flāgrō, dissimilated variation of frāgrō (“emit a sweet smell”, verb). More at fragrant. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flayre}} Middle English flayre, {{der|en|fro|flair||scent, odour}} Old French flair (“scent, odour”), {{der|en|la|flāgrō}} Latin flāgrō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} flair (countable and uncountable, plural flairs)
  1. A natural or innate talent or aptitude. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: gift, knack, talent Translations (natural or innate talent or aptitude): усет (uset) [masculine] (Bulgarian), способност (sposobnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 天分 (tiānfèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 天资 (tiānzī) (Chinese Mandarin), lahja (Finnish), lahjakkuus (Finnish), don [masculine] (French), talent [masculine] (French), aptitude [feminine] (French), Begabung [feminine] (German), bakat alami (Indonesian), biegłość [feminine] (Polish), dom [masculine] (Portuguese), talento [masculine] (Portuguese), aptidão [feminine] (Portuguese), talent [neuter] (Romanian), aptitudine [feminine] (Romanian), спосо́бность (sposóbnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), скло́нность (sklónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), talento [masculine] (Spanish), känsla [common-gender] (Swedish), sinne [neuter] (Swedish), fallenhet [common-gender] (Swedish), väderkorn [neuter] (Swedish), likas na talino (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-flair-en-noun-04Ubmohh Disambiguation of 'natural or innate talent or aptitude': 96 2 2 1
  2. Distinctive style or elegance. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: elan, elegance, grace, panache, style Translations (distinctive style or elegance): стил (stil) [plural] (Bulgarian), 优雅 (yōuyǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), styl [masculine] (Czech), style [masculine] (French), panache [masculine] (French), Flair [neuter] (German), estilo [masculine] (Portuguese), stil [neuter] (Romanian), eleganță [feminine] (Romanian), своеобра́зие (svojeobrázije) [neuter] (Russian), štýl [masculine] (Slovak), stil [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  3. (obsolete) Smell; odor. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-flair-en-noun-3assrX6a
  4. (obsolete) Olfaction; sense of smell. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-flair-en-noun-dCRygZOg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flair bartender, flair bartending, flairsome

Verb

IPA: /flɛə̯/ [Received-Pronunciation], /flɛɚ̯/ [US] Audio: en-us-flair.ogg Forms: flairs [present, singular, third-person], flairing [participle, present], flaired [participle, past], flaired [past]
enPR: flâr [US] Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English flayre, from Old French flair (“scent, odour”), from flairier (“to reek, smell”), from Latin flāgrō, dissimilated variation of frāgrō (“emit a sweet smell”, verb). More at fragrant. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flayre}} Middle English flayre, {{der|en|fro|flair||scent, odour}} Old French flair (“scent, odour”), {{der|en|la|flāgrō}} Latin flāgrō Head templates: {{en-verb}} flair (third-person singular simple present flairs, present participle flairing, simple past and past participle flaired)
  1. (transitive) To add flair. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-flair-en-verb-31pTR9si

Inflected forms

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          "text": "For all his directorial flair, though, Jones may well be best remembered for creating such characters as Arthur “Two Sheds” Jackson, Cardinal Biggles of the Spanish Inquisition, the Scottish poet Ewan McTeagle and the monstrous musician rodent beater in the mouse organ sketch who hits specially tuned mice with mallets.",
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          "text": "to dress with flair",
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          "ref": "1999, Mike Judge, Office Space, spoken by Joanna (Jennifer Aniston):",
          "text": "You know what, Stan, if you want me to wear 37 pieces of flair, like your pretty boy over there, Brian, why don't you just make the minimum 37 pieces of flair?",
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          "word": "panache"
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          "roman": "yōuyǎ",
          "sense": "distinctive style or elegance",
          "word": "优雅"
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          "sense": "distinctive style or elegance",
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          "word": "eleganță"
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      "word": "bakat alami"
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      "code": "pt",
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