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flair

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flair  (flâr)
n.
1. A natural talent or aptitude; a knack: a flair for interior decorating.
2. Instinctive discernment; keenness: a flair for the exotica.
3. Distinctive elegance or style: served us with flair.

[Middle English, fragrance, from Old French, from flairer, to scent, from Late Latin flgrre, alteration of Latin frgrre, to emit an odor.]

flair1
n
1. natural ability; talent; aptitude
2. instinctive discernment; perceptiveness
3. stylishness or elegance; dash to dress with flair
4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) Hunting rare
a.  the scent left by quarry
b.  the sense of smell of a hound
[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]

flair2
n
a Scot word for floor

flair - Comes from Latin fragrare, "smell sweet," and was first the ability to detect the "essence" or "scent" of something and know how to act accordingly.
See also related terms for scent.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.flair - a natural talent; "he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a genius for interior decorating"
endowment, natural endowment, talent, gift - natural abilities or qualities
2.flair - distinctive and stylish eleganceflair - distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
elegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility"
3.flair - a shape that spreads outwardflair - a shape that spreads outward; "the skirt had a wide flare"
shape, form - the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"

flair
noun
1. ability, feel, talent, gift, genius, faculty, accomplishment, mastery, knack, aptitude She has a flair for languages.
2. style, taste, dash, chic, elegance, panache, discernment, stylishness the panache and flair you'd expect
Translations
flair [flɛəʳ] N (= gift) → don m; (= instinct) → instinto m; (= style) → elegancia f, estilo m
to have a flair for languagestener don de lenguas, tener facilidad para los idiomas
she had a natural flair for getting on with peopletenía mano izquierda con la gente or don de gentes

flair [ˈflɛər] nflair m
to have flair [person] → être doué(e)
to have a flair for sth → avoir un don pour qch

flair
n (for selecting the best etc) → Gespür nt, → (feine) Nase (inf), → Riecher m (inf); (= talent)Talent nt; (= stylishness)Flair nt; his great flair for businesssein großes Geschäftstalent

flair [flɛəʳ] n (for business) → fiuto; (for languages) → predisposizione f
to have a flair (for) → essere portato/a per

flair
n flair [fleə]
a natural ability or cleverness for (doing) something She has flair for (learning) languages. aanleg vir مَيْل طبيعي، نَزْعَه нюх talent flair for; anlæg for; talent for der Spürsinn ταλέντο don loomupärane anne استعداد taipumus flair, don כּישָׁרוֹן प्रवृति dar, smisao hajlam bakat hæfileiki disposizione 능력, 재능 polinkis, gabumai spējas; dotības bakat talent evne, nese/sans for dryg, smykałka jeito fler, dar способность nadanie dar dar sinne, känsla, näsa พรสวรรค์ Allah vergisi, yetenek (天生的)才能 нюх, чуття کچھ کرنے کی فطری صلاحیت sự thính; sự tinh; tài nhận thấy ngay


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