flair

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.

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

flair

(flɛə)

n

1. natural ability; talent; aptitude

2. instinctive discernment; perceptiveness

3. stylishness or elegance; dash: to dress with flair.

4. (Hunting) hunting rare

a. the scent left by quarry

b. the sense of smell of a hound

[C19: 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]

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flair

(fleɪr)

n

a Scot word for floor

flair

(flɛər)

n.

1. a natural talent, aptitude, or ability.

2. smartness of style or manner: She dresses with great flair.

[1350–1400; Middle English < French, Old French: scent, derivative of flairier to reek « Vulgar Latin *flāgrāre, dissimilated variant of Latin frāgrāre. See fragrant]

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flair - a natural talent; "he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a genius for interior decorating" genius endowment, natural endowment, talent, gift - natural abilities or qualities
	2.	flair - distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" dash, panache, elan, style elegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility"
	3.	flair - a shape that spreads outward; "the skirt had a wide flare" 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

flair

noun

An innate capability:

aptitude, aptness, bent, faculty, genius, gift, head, instinct, knack, talent, turn.

Translations

مَيْل طبيعي، نَزْعَه

talent

anlæg forflair fortalent for

BegabungSpürsinnTalent

aptitudedonflairpanachestyle

hæfileiki

talento

polinkis

dotībasspējas

nese for

Allah vergisiyetenek

天分天资天赋

flair

[flɛəʳ] N (= gift) → don m; (= instinct) → instinto m; (= style) → elegancia f, estilo m
to have a flair for languages → tener don de lenguas, tener facilidad para los idiomas
she had a natural flair for getting on with people → tenía mano izquierda con la gente or don de gentes

flair

[ˈflɛə^r] n → flair 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 business → sein großes Geschäftstalent

flair

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

flair

(fleə) noun

a natural ability or cleverness for (doing) something. She has flair for (learning) languages. aanleg vir مَيْل طبيعي، نَزْعَه нюх jeito talent der Spürsinn flair for; anlæg for; talent for ταλέντοdon loomupärane anne استعداد taipumus flair, donכישרון प्रवृति dar, smisao hajlam bakat hæfileiki disposizione 勘 능력, 재능 polinkis, gabumai spējas; dotības bakat talentevne, nese/sans for dryg, smykałka دبوى درګ كولو قوت، دشامى حس، دتميز حس jeito fler, dar способность nadanie dar dar sinne, känsla, näsa พรสวรรค์ Allah vergisi, yetenek 天賦 нюх, чуття کچھ کرنے کی فطری صلاحیت sự thính; sự tinh; tài nhận thấy ngay 天资，天分，天赋