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Added 9 October 2026

savour

/ˈseɪvə/ noun

In Latin: sapor Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about savour at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.

verb

Have flavor; taste of something.
Give taste to.
Taste appreciatively.
savor the soup

Origin

From Middle English savour, from Anglo-Norman saveur, savor, savour, and Old French saveur, savor, savour (modern French saveur), from Latin sapor, from sapiō (“to taste of (something); to have a flavour”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p-, *sep- (“to taste; to try out”)) + -or (suffix forming third-declension masculine abstract nouns). Doublet of sapor.

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