US /flɛr/ UK /flɛə/
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noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a natural talent or stylish distinctiveness

    She decorated the room with real flair.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a natural talent or stylish... talentknackaptitudegiftstylepanacheeleganceskill
Word family
Related forms flare

Etymology

From Old French flair ('scent, odor'), from flairier ('to give off a smell'), from Late Latin flagrare, a variant of Latin fragrare ('to smell sweet'). The sense of 'instinctive discernment, talent' developed in English.

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