[ˈfleɪvə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the distinctive taste of a food or drink
(e.g: the yoghurt comes in eight fruit flavours)

- an indication of the essential character of something
(e.g: the extracts give a flavour of the content and tone of the conversation)

- a kind, variety, or sort
(e.g: various flavours of firewall are evolving)

- a quantized property of quarks which differentiates them into at least six varieties (up, down, charmed, strange, top, bottom)


Phrases:
- flavour of the month

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘fragrance, aroma’): from Old French flaor, perhaps based on a blend of Latin flatus ‘blowing’ and foetor ‘stench’; the -v- appears to have been introduced in Middle English by association with savour. flavour dates from the late 17th century

[ˈfleɪvə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- alter or enhance the taste of (food or drink) by adding a particular ingredient
(e.g: chunks of chicken flavoured with herbs)


Phrases:
- flavour of the month

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘fragrance, aroma’): from Old French flaor, perhaps based on a blend of Latin flatus ‘blowing’ and foetor ‘stench’; the -v- appears to have been introduced in Middle English by association with savour. flavour dates from the late 17th century