blossom

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
2. (countable, uncountable) The state or season of producing such flowers.
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
4. (countable, uncountable) The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
2. (intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish.

Sinonieme

flower

🌸

bloom

bud

flourish

open

unfold

efflorescence

sprout

prime

expand

blossom forth

thrive

effloresce

blossom out

burst

blow

flush

heyday

open up

peak

prosper

break into bloom

be in blossom

develop

devolve

educe

burgeon

bunch

evolve

build

explode

florescence

bucket

🪣

born

🐣

flowers

floweret

germination

grow

hatch

be in bloom

lower

lushness

maturate

boom

💥

medicinal herb

outbreak

Cyperus rotundus

petal

posy

blood

🩸

Vertalings

blühen

fiorire

🌸

fleur

🌸

Blüte

🌼

fleurir

🌸

florecer

🌸

flor

🌸

florescer

🌸

flor

🌸

flor

🌸

fiore

🌸

bloesem

🌼

Blume

🌸

aufblühen

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈblɒs.əm/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: blosme

Geërf van Old English: blostm

Verwante met Fries: blossem

Verwante met Nederlands: bloesem

Verwante met Duits: Blust

Verwante met Albanees: bleron

Verwante met Latyn: flōs

In summary

From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem; related to *blōstaz [compare German Blust]), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin flōs (“flower”), Flōra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4).