Meanings
nounflavor (countable and uncountable, plural flavors)
plural flavors · alternative UK flavour · alternative pronunciation spelling flavuh
- UScountableuncountableFlavoring, a substance used to produce a taste.
Flavor was added to the pudding.
- UScountableuncountableA variety (of taste) attributed to an object (food, candy, chewing gum, medicine, etc).
What flavor of bubble gum do you most enjoy?
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My favorite flavor of lip balm is called mystical minty camomile.
- UScountableuncountableThe characteristic quality of something.
the flavor of an experience
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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.
1983 December 10, Mike Riegle, “Sexual Politics of "Crime": Inside and Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 21, page 5 - UScountablefigurativelyinformaluncountableA kind or type.
Debian is one flavor of the Linux operating system.
- UScountableslanguncountabledancingStyle.
Who brings the flavor? / That's me, that's me / Who brings the flavor? / That's me. I got it
1993, “Bring The Flavor”, in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah - USarchaiccountableuncountableThe quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance.
the flavor of a rose
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It was damp, it was not free from dry rot, there was a flavour of rats in it, and it was the gloomy victim of that indescribable decay which settles on all the work of man’s hands whenever it’s not turned to man’s account.
1859 December 13, Charles Dickens, “The Mortals in the House”, in Charles Dickens, editor, The Haunted House. The Extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Whiting, […], →OCLC, page 4
verbflavor (third-person singular simple present flavors, present participle flavoring, simple past and past participle flavored)
present singular third person flavors · participle present flavoring · participle past flavored · past flavored · alternative UK flavour · alternative pronunciation spelling flavuh
- UStransitiveTo add flavoring to something.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Broader
nounthe taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₁-
- Proto-Italic*flāō
- Latinflō
- Latinflātor
- Vulgar Latin*flātor
- Old Frenchflaor
- Middle Englishsavourinflu.
- Middle Englishflavour
- Englishflavor
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.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Vulgar Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans smaakstof, smaak
- smaakstofa substance used to produce a taste
- smaaka variety (of taste)
- smaakthe characteristic quality of something
- smaakthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
Ancient Greek ἀρτύω
- ἀρτύω (artúō)to add flavoring to something
Arabic بَهَار, نَكْهَة
- بَهَار (bahār)a substance used to produce a taste
- نَكْهَة (nakha)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
- طَعْم (ṭaʕm)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
Basque zapore
- zaporethe quality produced by the sensation of taste
Bulgarian подпра́вка, буке́т
- подпра́вка (podprávka)a substance used to produce a taste
- буке́т (bukét)a variety (of taste)
- вкус (vkus)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
- подправям (podpravjam)to add flavoring to something
- придавам вкус (pridavam vkus)to add flavoring to something
Catalan gust, sabor
- gustthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- saborthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
Chinese Mandarin 調料 /调料, 調味料 /调味料
- 調料 /调料 (tiáoliào)a substance used to produce a taste
- 調味料 /调味料 (tiáowèiliào)a substance used to produce a taste
- 味 (wèi)in physics, the types of quarks or leptons
- 味道 (wèidào)in physics, the types of quarks or leptons
- 味道 (wèidao)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
- 味兒 /味儿 (wèir)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
Czech příchuť, příchuť
- příchuťa substance used to produce a taste
- příchuťthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
Danish smag
- smagthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
Dutch smaakstof, smaak
- smaakstofa substance used to produce a taste
- smaaka variety (of taste)
- smaakthe characteristic quality of something
- meugthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- smaakthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
Esperanto gustigi
- gustigito add flavoring to something
Finnish makuaine, mauste
- makuainea substance used to produce a taste
- maustea substance used to produce a taste
- makua variety (of taste)
- makuthe characteristic quality of something
- makuin physics, the types of quarks or leptons
- makuthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- makua type of something
- maustaato add flavoring to something
- höystääto add flavoring to something
- antaa makuato add flavoring to something
French saveur, saveur
- saveura substance used to produce a taste
- saveura variety (of taste)
- goûta variety (of taste)
- saveurthe characteristic quality of something
- saveurin physics, the types of quarks or leptons
- goûtthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- saveurthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- stylea type of something
- assaisonnerto add flavoring to something
German Geschmacksstoff, Geschmacksverstärker
- Geschmacksstoffa substance used to produce a taste
- Geschmacksverstärkera substance used to produce a taste
- Geschmackthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- würzento add flavoring to something
Hebrew טַעַם, טַעַם
- טַעַם (tá'am)a variety (of taste)
- טַעַם (tá'am)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
Hindi स्वाद, सुवास
- स्वाद (svād)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
- सुवास (suvās)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
Hungarian zamat, aroma
- zamatthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- aromathe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- ízthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- ízesítto add flavoring to something
- fűszerezto add flavoring to something
Icelandic bragðefni
- bragðefnithe quality produced by the sensation of taste
Irish leasaigh
- leasaighto add flavoring to something
Italian sapori, fragranza
- saporia substance used to produce a taste
- fragranzaa substance used to produce a taste
- aromaa substance used to produce a taste
- saporea variety (of taste)
- saporein physics, the types of quarks or leptons
- saporethe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- gustothe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- tipoa type of something
- varietàa type of something
- generea type of something
- speciea type of something
- condireto add flavoring to something
- aromatizzareto add flavoring to something
- profumareto add flavoring to something
Japanese 香料, 調味料
- 香料 (kōryō)a substance used to produce a taste
- 調味料 (chōmiryō)a substance used to produce a taste
- 味 (aji)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
- 風味 (fūmi)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
- 香味 (kōmi)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
- フレーバー (furēbā)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
Korean 향료, 조미료
- 향료 (hyangnyo)a substance used to produce a taste
- 조미료 (jomiryo)a substance used to produce a taste
- 향미 (hyangmi)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
- 풍미 (pungmi)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
- 맛 (mat)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
- 특징 (teukjing)a type of something
Latin sapor, sapor
- sapora substance used to produce a taste
- sapora variety (of taste)
- saporthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
Lithuanian skonis
- skonisthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
Malay perisa, rasa
- perisaa variety (of taste)
- rasathe quality produced by the sensation of taste
Māori whakakakara, namunamuā
- whakakakaraa substance used to produce a taste
- namunamuāthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- hāthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- tāwarathe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- tāwharathe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- waitāwharato add flavoring to something
- whakarehuto add flavoring to something
- whakakakarato add flavoring to something
Norwegian Bokmål smak
- smakthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
Persian چاشنی, طعم
- چاشنی (čāšni)a substance used to produce a taste
- طعم (ta'm)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
- مزه (maze)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
Polish smak, aromat
- smakthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- aromatthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- odmianaa type of something
Portuguese condimento, sabor
- condimentoa substance used to produce a taste
- sabora variety (of taste)
- saborthe characteristic quality of something
- saborin physics, the types of quarks or leptons
- saborthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- gostothe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- condimentarto add flavoring to something
Romanian savoare, gust
- savoarethe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- gustthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- aromăthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
Russian припра́ва, доба́вка
- припра́ва (pripráva)a substance used to produce a taste
- доба́вка (dobávka)a substance used to produce a taste
- буке́т (bukét)a variety (of taste)
- при́вкус (prívkus)the characteristic quality of something
- осо́бенность (osóbennostʹ)the characteristic quality of something
- вкус (vkus)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
- арома́т (aromát)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
- при́вкус (prívkus)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
- сорт (sort)a type of something
- тип (tip)a type of something
- приправля́ть (pripravljátʹ)to add flavoring to something
- припра́вить (priprávitʹ)to add flavoring to something
Slovak príchuť
- príchuťthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
Spanish sabor, sabor
- sabora variety (of taste)
- saborthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- gustothe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- sazónthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- saborizarto add flavoring to something
- condimentarto add flavoring to something
Swedish smakämne, smaktillsats
- smakämnea substance used to produce a taste
- smaktillsatsa substance used to produce a taste
- smaka variety (of taste)
- aromin physics, the types of quarks or leptons
- smakthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- sorta type of something
- slaga type of something
- smaksättato add flavoring to something
Tamil சுவை, கூறு
- சுவை (cuvai)a variety (of taste)
- கூறு (kūṟu)the characteristic quality of something
- பண்பு (paṇpu)the characteristic quality of something
- சுவை (cuvai)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
- வகை (vakai)a type of something
- தாளி (tāḷi)to add flavoring to something
Thai รสชาติ, รส
- รสชาติ (rót-châat)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
- รส (rót)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
Turkish çeşni, lezzetlendirmek
- çeşnithe quality produced by the sensation of taste
- lezzetlendirmekto add flavoring to something
- tatlandırmakto add flavoring to something
Ukrainian припра́ва, смак
- припра́ва (prypráva)a substance used to produce a taste
- смак (smak)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
- при́смак (prýsmak)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
- арома́т (aromát)the quality produced by the sensation of taste
Vietnamese hương vị
- hương vịthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
Welsh blas
- blasthe quality produced by the sensation of taste
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with flavor
favorsaverwaivershaverraverengraversavourgraverpaverlaverwaverbraverhavercaverquaverenslaverout of favour
All rhymes →Sounds the same
flava (non-rhotic accents)flava (non-rhotic accents)
Cite this entry
APA
flavor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flavor
MLA
“flavor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flavor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flavor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flavor.
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