flavour

UK: /ˈfleɪvə^r/ US: (flā′vər)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

fla•vour  (flā′vər), n. [Chiefly Brit.]

1. Pronouns flavor.

Usage

See -or ¹.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

flavour, flavor / 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
4. a property of quarks that enables them to be differentiated into six types: up, down, strange, charm, bottom (or beauty), and top (or truth)

verb

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

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French flaour, from Late Latin flātor (unattested) bad smell, breath, from Latin flāre to blow

ˈflavourless, ˈflavorless adjective

ˈflavoursome, ˈflavorsome adjective

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

fla•vor /ˈfleɪvɚ/   n. 

1. taste, esp. the distinctive taste of something in the mouth:
   [countable] The shop sells ice cream in eight flavors.
   [uncountable] This stew has no flavor.
2. the characteristic quality of a thing:
   [uncountable] capturing the true flavor of your experience in the jungle.
3. a particular quality that one notices in a thing:
   [countable] language having a strong nautical flavor.

v. [~ + object]

4. to give flavor to (something):
   flavored the icing with vanilla.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] ˈfla•vour.  fla•vor•ful, adj. 
fla•vor•less, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

fla•vor  (flā′vər), n. 

1. taste, esp. the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
2. a substance or extract that provides a particular taste;
   flavoring.
3. the characteristic quality of a thing:
   He captured the flavor of the experience in his book.
4. a particular quality noticeable in a thing:
   language with a strong nautical flavor.
5. Physics any of the six labels given to the distinct kinds of quark: up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and top.
6. [Archaic.] smell, odor, or aroma.

v.t. 

7. to give flavor to (something).

Also,[esp. Brit.,] flavour. 

• Late Latin *flātor stench, breath, alteration of Latin flātus a blowing, breathing, (see flatus), perh. with -or of fētor fetor
• Middle French fla(o)ur
• Middle English 1300–50

fla′vor•less, adj. 
Synonyms

• 1. See taste. 
• 2. seasoning.
• 3. essence, spirit.