flair
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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)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 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]
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.
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Noun | 1. | flair - a natural talent; "he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a genius for interior decorating" |
2. | ![]() elegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility" | |
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flair
flair
nounTranslations
مَيْل طبيعي، نَزْعَه
talent
anlæg forflair fortalent for
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polinkis
dotībasspējas
Allah vergisiyetenek
flair
[flɛəʳ] n (for business) → fiuto; (for languages) → predisposizione fto 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.