English Explanatory Dictionary

savour

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An aroma or smell.
  2. The quality which the sense of taste detects; also (countable), a specific flavour or taste, especially one different from the predominant one.
  3. An appealing or appetizing flavour, especially one which is savoury or strong.
  4. A distinctive sensation like a flavour or taste, or an aroma or smell.
  5. A particular quality, especially a small amount of it; a hint or trace of something.
  6. A quality which is appealing or enjoyable; merit, value.
  7. A reputation.
  8. Enjoyment or taste for something; appreciation; pleasure; relish; (countable) an instance of this.
  9. Knowledge; understanding.
verb
  1. To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and drink); to relish.
  2. To give (food or drink) flavour; to flavour, to season.
  3. To detect (an aroma or smell, especially an appealing one); to smell.
  4. To enjoy (something) deeply or in a lingering manner; to appreciate, to delight in, to relish.
  5. To find (something) appealing; to appreciate, to like.
  6. To possess (a particular, often negative, quality), especially a small amount of it; to be redolent or suggestive of (something).
  7. To be appealing to (a person, the senses, etc.).
  8. To experience, perceive, or understand (something).
  9. To give (something) a particular quality; to imbue with.
  10. To give (something) an aroma or smell.
  11. Followed by out: to detect or find (something).
  12. To have a suspicion of (something).

Pronunciation

/ˈseɪvə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-savour.wav /ˈseɪvəɹ/ En-au-saver.ogg

Word forms

savour savours savor savouring savoured no-table-tags glossary savourest savorest savouredst savoredst savoureth savoreth

Etymology

From Middle English savour, from Anglo-Norman saveur, savor, savour, and Old French saveur, savor, savour (modern French saveur), from Latin sapor, from sapiō (“to taste of (something); to have a flavour”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p-, *sep- (“to taste; to try out”)) + -or (suffix forming third-declension masculine abstract nouns). Doublet of sapor.

Synonyms

tinge care for

Related words

sapor savourily savouriness savourous savoury unsavoury

Derived words

savoured savourlessness savourless savourly savoursome spendsavour missavour outsavour savourable savourer savouring savour of unsavour

Translations

Finnish: maku Finnish: aromi Bulgarian: вкус German: Aroma German: Geschmack Ido: savuro Italian: sapore Latin: sapor Māori: konakona Norwegian Bokmål: smak Norwegian Nynorsk: smak Portuguese: sabor Russian: при́вкус Russian: вкус Swedish: smak Turkish: çeşni Ottoman Turkish: لذت Ottoman Turkish: طات Finnish: haiskahtaa
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