flower

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
2. (countable, uncountable) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.
3. (countable, uncountable) A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
4. (countable, uncountable) The stem of a flowering plant with the blossom or blossoms attached, used for decoration, as a gift, etc.
5. (uncountable, usually) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
6. (countable, euphemistic, familiar, uncountable) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
7. (countable, uncountable) The best examples or representatives of a group.
8. (countable, uncountable) The best state of things; the prime.
9. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Flour.
10. (countable, in-plural, obsolete, uncountable) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation.
11. (countable, uncountable) A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
12. (countable, uncountable) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
13. (countable, in-plural, obsolete, uncountable) Menstrual discharges.
14. (countable, uncountable) A delicate, fragile, or oversensitive person.
15. (countable, figuratively, in-plural, uncountable) Credit, recognition.
16. (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To put forth blooms.
2. (transitive) To decorate with pictures of flowers.
3. (intransitive) To reach a state of full development or achievement.
4. (archaic, intransitive) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
5. (intransitive) To come off as flowers by sublimation.

Conceptes

flor

🌸

florir

ram de flors

apogeu

auge

Sinònims

blossom

🌼

bloom

bud

flourish

grass

prime

floweret

efflorescence

fruit

cream

carnation

flowering plant

peak

peony

forget-me-not

flowers

plant

🌱

petal

mature

flush

heyday

iris

boo

blow

bar

corymb

cornflower

crest

develop

dew

blossoms

cone

gage

come out

bale

airplane

✈️

funk

foliage

charge

flowering

burrito

🌯

flour

bunch of flowers

blonde

baby

👶

floret

fir

gangster

garland

essence

Traduccions

fleur

🌸

flor

🌸

fiore

🌸

Blume

🌸

bloem

🌸

flor

🌸

fleurir

🌸

flos

🌸

λουλούδι

Blüte

🌼

fiorire

🌸

blühen

çiçek

🌸

florecer

🌸

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈflaʊ.ə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: flour

In summary

From Middle English flour, from Anglo-Norman flur, from Latin flōrem, accusative of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, bloom”). Doublet of fleur, flor, flour, bloom, and blossom.
Partly displaced native Old English blostma (which is cognate), whence Modern English blossom.

Frases

Want to give my flower a drink .

It is the county flower of the English county of Cheshire .

Pine needles , flower buds and blossoms are eaten supplementally .