saveur

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French savor, savour, inherited from Latin sapōrem (“taste, flavour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.vœʁ/

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Noun

saveur f (plural saveurs)

1. taste, flavour

Related terms

• insipide
• savourer
• savoureux
• savoir

Descendants

• → Romanian: savoare

Further reading

• “saveur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• sauver

Middle English

Noun

saveur

1. alternative form of saveour

Walloon

Etymology

Inherited from Old French savoir, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapĕre (“taste, know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.vøːʀ/, /sa.wɛ/

Verb

saveur

1. to know