efflorescence

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.
2. (countable, uncountable) The production of flowers.
3. (countable, uncountable) An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick, plaster, or mortar; usually caused by free alkalies leached from mortar or adjacent concrete as moisture moves through it.
4. (countable, uncountable) An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid or geothermal environments.
5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.
6. (countable, uncountable) A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.

Synonyms

bloom

flowering

blossom

🌼

blossoming

skin rash

roseola

rash

flower

🌸

inflorescence

florescence

prime

anthesis

blooming

flush

heyday

peak

exanthema

lushness

culmination

exanthem

prosperity

eruption

dermatitis

decency

germination

skin eruption

Translations

efflorescence

efflorescenza

άνθηση

eflorescència

Ausblühung

fioritura

sfogo

efflorescente

uitslag

εξάνθηση

floraison

εξάνθημα

roséole

fleur

🌸

floração

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɛfləˈɹɛsəns/

Etymology

Borrowed from French efflorescence, from Latin efflōrēscō (from ex- (“out”) + flōrēscō (“to blossom”)) + -ence. By surface analysis, effloresce + -ence.