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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.
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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 flāgrāre, alteration of Latin frāgrāre, to emit an odor.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
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. | flair - 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 outward; "the skirt had a wide flare" |
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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
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
مَيْل طبيعي، نَزْعَه
talent
anlæg forflair fortalent for
hæfileiki
polinkis
dotībasspējas
Allah vergisiyetenek
flair
[flɛəʳ] N (= gift) → don m; (= instinct) → instinto m; (= style) → elegancia f, estilo mto 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
[ˈflɛər] n → flair mto 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
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 fto 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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