flavor
The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in…The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
» The only flavor ice cream that Tom eats is vanilla.
Die einzige Geschmacksrichtung bei Eis, die Tom mag, ist Vanille.
Единственное мороженое, которое ест Том, — это мороженое со вкусом ванили.
Єдине морозиво, яке їсть Том, — це ванільне.
Meaning
8 senses(US, countable, uncountable)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.
(US, countable, uncountable)Flavoring, a substance used to produce a taste.
Flavor was added to the pudding.
Geschmacksstoff, Geschmacksverstärker
припра́ваpripráva, доба́вкаdobávka
припра́ваprypráva
(US, countable, uncountable)A variety (of taste) attributed to an object (food, candy, chewing gum, medicine, etc).
What flavor of bubble gum do you most enjoy?
My favorite flavor of lip balm is called mystical minty camomile.
буке́тbukét
(US, countable, uncountable)The characteristic quality of something.
the flavor of an experience
при́вкусprívkus, осо́бенностьosóbennostʹ
(US, countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable)A kind or type.
Debian is one flavor of the Linux operating system.
(US, countable, slang, uncountable)Style.
(US, countable, particle, uncountable)One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon).
(US, archaic, countable, uncountable)The quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance.
the flavor of a rose
Geschmack
вкусvkus, арома́тaromát, при́вкусprívkus
смакsmak, при́смакprýsmak, арома́тaromát
- (physics) the six kinds of quarks
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Examples
195 sentencesThe only flavor ice cream that Tom eats is vanilla.
Єдине морозиво, яке їсть Том, — це ванільне.
ruЕдинственное мороженое, которое ест Том, — это мороженое со вкусом ванили.
deDie einzige Geschmacksrichtung bei Eis, die Tom mag, ist Vanille.
What's your favorite flavor?
Який твій улюблений смак?
ruКакой твой любимый вкус?
What's your favorite ice cream flavor?
What flavor is that ice cream?
ruКакой вкус у того мороженого?
Adding salt greatly improves the flavor.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 5
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English flavour meaning “smell, odour”, usually pleasing, borrowed from Old FrFrom 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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Forms
plural: flavorsSynonyms
14 synonymsWord family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- flavor of ice
- improve the flavor
- favorite flavor