German

Noun

Flair n ‎(genitive Flairs, plural Flairs)

Flair m ‎(genitive Flairs, plural Flairs)

1. flair (distinctive style or elegance)

English

Noun

flair ‎(plural flairs)

1. A natural or innate talent or aptitude; a knack.
2. Distinctive style or elegance; panache or elan.
3. (obsolete) Smell; odor.
4. (obsolete) The sense of smell.

Synonyms

• (natural or innate talent): gift, knack, talent
• (distinctive style or elegance): elan, elegance, grace, panache, style

Translations

Anagrams

• frail

French

Etymology

From flairer, from Latin flagrare ‎(“to blow”). Cognate to Portuguese cheiro.

Pronunciation

Noun

flair m ‎(plural flairs)

1. sense of smell
2. (by extension) intuition, sixth sense

Anagrams

• rifla

Old French

Noun

flair m ‎(oblique plural flairs, nominative singular flairs, nominative plural flair)

1. smell; odor
2. sense of smell

Scots

Alternative forms

• fluir

Etymology

Old English flōr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fler/

Noun

flair ‎(plural flairs)

1. floor
   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 140:

     He skited it over the flair maybe if it was a jotter and it was you to go and get it.