Feminine
fleur
Meaning
- (feminine) flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants")
- (feminine, metonymically) flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself
- (feminine, figuratively) a kind favor given by one person to another
- (feminine, figuratively) the best of something
- (feminine, figuratively) the virginity of a woman
- (archaic, feminine) Substances with a state of purity or extreme separation, produced by sublimation
Concepts
mace spice
zucchini flower
bloom of youth
Magnoliophyta
blossom forth
Synonyms
maladie de la fleur
fleur de nénuphar
levure à sherry
levure à vin jaune
levures en voile
bloom
plante à fleur
magnoliophyta
Angiospermes
Magnoliophyta
plantes à fleurs
fl
Translations
flor
Blume
fiore
bloem
flor
flor
flos
çiçek
λουλούδι
gul
flor
زهرةFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/flœʁ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French flur, flour, flor, from Latin flōrem (“flower; the finest part of something”), from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom”). In some senses, from Middle French fleur (“surface, upper side, top layer”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *flōraz (“floor”).
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