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flair

skill; aptitude; a natural talent or ability; bent; knack: a flair for writing comedy.

Not to be confused with:

flare – a bright light: in case of emergency, light a flare; an outburst; to burst out in sudden, fierce activity and passion: Violence flared up in the ghetto after the verdict.

flair

(flâr)

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 flāgrāre, alteration of Latin frāgrāre, to emit an odor.]

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flair

(flɛə)

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]

flair

(fleɪr)

a Scot word for floor

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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.

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

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

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

Begabung Spürsinn Talent

aptitude don flair panache style

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

flair

[ˈflɛə^r] n → flair m
to have flair [person] → être doué(e)
to have a flair for sth → avoir un don pour qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

flair

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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

flair

(fleə) noun

a natural ability or cleverness for (doing) something. She has flair for (learning) languages.

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As a detective, his flair had been extraordinary, and he had achieved triumphs by unravelling some of the most baffling cases of the day.

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Charlotte Flair vs Becky Lynch will take place on April 7 at MetLife Stadium."

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Speakers include women of substance, strength and style, namely: ol Sheila Lobien, chief executive officer for Lobien Realty Group, Ana Rocero, chairperson for Women in Business Committee of the ECCP, Ginny Villegas, director of sales at Regus and Spaces by IWG Philippines, Rita Dayrit, certified image consultant and managing director at FLAIR Image Consultancy, Nasia Cammayo, certified image consultant at FLAIR Image Consultancy, Nasia Cammayo Styling, fashion stylist, Ann Bella Arguelles, fashion stylist at Stylist of Sorts.

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Lynch saw her feud with Vince McMahon end with her losing her spot in a Wrestlemania match with champion Rousey to be replaced by Flair.

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While the WWE Universe was caught unawares with the management's decision to suspend Lynch and replace her with Flair, pro-wrestling insider Dave Meltzer claims that it was a storyline that was planned long before the occurrence of recent events.

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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"