flair
pronunciation
How to pronounce flair in British English:
UK [fleə(r)]
How to pronounce flair in American English:
US [fler]
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- Noun:
- a natural talent
- distinctive and stylish elegance
- a shape that spreads outward
Word Origin
- flair (n.)
- mid-14c., "an odor," from Old French flaire "odor or scent," especially in hunting, "fragrance, sense of smell," from flairier "to give off an odor; stink; smell sweetly" (Modern French flairer), from Vulgar Latin *flagrare, dissimilated from Latin fragrare "emit (a sweet) odor" (see fragrant). Sense of "special aptitude" is American English, 1925, probably from hunting and the notion of a hound's ability to track scent.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Mr miliband 's assets of flair , charm and a growing ease with himself have been well displayed in manchester .
- 2. His success was the result of his unusual combination of technical smarts , strategic vision , flair for design and sheer force of character .
- 3. It is a common lament that academics lack entrepreneurial flair .
- 4. Last month he flaunted both his technical know-how and his flair for self-promotion by emerging as the country 's top blogger .
- 5. As a marketing services agency with a creative flair , we decided to rent space in a disused school complex based in the north side of beijing .