Floreal

See also: floreal, floréal, and Floréal

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From floreal, referring to the flowers in the farms around which the city grew.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flo.ɾeˈaw/ [flo.ɾeˈaʊ̯], /flo.ɾiˈaw/ [flo.ɾiˈaʊ̯], (faster) /floˈɾjaw/ [floˈɾjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fluˈɾjal/ [fluˈɾjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fluˈɾjal/ [fluˈɾjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fluˈɾja.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Homophone: floreal
• Hyphenation: Flo‧re‧al

Proper noun

Floreal f

1. a municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

Etymology 2

Noun

Floreal m (plural Floreais)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of floreal; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling