Added 8 October 2026
flavor
/ˈfleɪvə/ noun
In Latin: sapor Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about flavor at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
The flavor of this apple pie is delicious.
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Flavoring, a substance used to produce a taste.
Flavor was added to the pudding.
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A variety (of taste) attributed to an object (food, candy, chewing gum, medicine, etc).
What flavor of bubble gum do you most enjoy?
verb
- To add flavoring to something.
Origin
From Middle English flavour meaning “smell, odour”, usually pleasing, borrowed from Old French flaour (“smell, odour”) (cfr. Sicilian ciàguru, its etymology and semantic), from Vulgar Latin *flātor (“odour, that which blows”), from Latin flātor (“blower”), from flō, flāre (“to blow, puff”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”). Doublet of blow and bleat.
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