noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/flɛə/
British, Southern, Standard:/flɛː/
US:flâr
US:/flɛɚ̯/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Australian:/fleː/
Australia:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
New-Zealand:/fleə/without the cheer–chair merger
/fliə/New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
Scotland:/fleɹ/
/flɜː(ɹ)/Lancashire, fair–fur merger
rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: flare
homophone: fleer (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: fleur (fair–fur merger)
CMU ARPABET:F L EH1 R
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A natural or innate talent or aptitude.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
to have a flair for art
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gift, knack, talent, bravura
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Distinctive style or elegance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From Middle English flayre, from Old French flair (“scent, odour”), from flairier (“to reek, smell”), from Latin flāgrō, dissimilated variation of frāgrō (“emit a sweet smell”, verb). More at fragrant.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
усет
(uset)
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Bulgarian:
способност
(sposobnost)
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Chinese Mandarin:
天分
(tiānfèn)
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Chinese Mandarin:
天资
(tiānzī)
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Czech:
talent
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Czech:
nadání
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Czech:
cit
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Finnish:
lahja
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Finnish:
lahjakkuus
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
French:
don
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
French:
talent
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
French:
aptitude
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
German:
Begabung
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Indonesian:
bakat alami
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Polish:
biegłość
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Portuguese:
dom
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Portuguese:
talento
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Portuguese:
aptidão
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Romanian:
talent
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Romanian:
aptitudine
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Russian:
спосо́бность
(sposóbnostʹ)
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Russian:
скло́нность
(sklónnostʹ)
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Spanish:
talento
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Swedish:
känsla
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Swedish:
sinne
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Swedish:
fallenhet
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Swedish:
väderkorn
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Tagalog:
likas na talino
— natural or innate talent or aptitude
Bulgarian:
стил
(stil)
— distinctive style or elegance
Chinese Mandarin:
优雅
(yōuyǎ)
— distinctive style or elegance
Czech:
styl
— distinctive style or elegance
French:
style
— distinctive style or elegance
French:
panache
— distinctive style or elegance
German:
Flair
— distinctive style or elegance
Portuguese:
estilo
— distinctive style or elegance
Romanian:
stil
— distinctive style or elegance
Romanian:
eleganță
— distinctive style or elegance
Russian:
своеобра́зие
(svojeobrázije)
— distinctive style or elegance
