Feminine
Meaning

  1. (feminine) flower
  2. (feminine, figuratively) a delicate, feminine woman or girl
  3. (feminine) surface

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfloʁ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese flor, a learned borrowing from Latin flos, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Compare Galician flor, chor.

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