flor

See also: Flor, flor., and flôr

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish flor.

Noun

flor (countable and uncountable, plural flors)

1. A film of yeast that develops on the surface of some wines during fermentation, produced deliberately in during the production of sherry.

Translations

film of yeast

• Italian: fioretta (it) f

Anagrams

• ROFL, Rolf, rolf

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin flōrem, accusative singular of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”).

Noun

flor f

1. flower

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin flōrem, accusative singular of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”).

Noun

flor f (plural flores)

1. flower

Related terms

• florecer

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin flōrem, accusative singular of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [flɔ] (Western Catalan, Eastern Catalan)
• IPA^(key): [flɔ̞ɾ] (Valencian)

Noun

flor f (plural flors)

1. flower

Derived terms

• floral

Related terms

• florir

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Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

flor n (singular definite floret, not used in plural form)

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Declension

Declension of flor

neuter gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	flor	floret
genitive	flors	florets

References

• “flor” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Galician

Alternative forms

• chor

Etymology

From Old Portuguese flor, from Latin flōrem, accusative singular of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”). Cf. also the variant form chor (as well as Portuguese flor), which follows the normal or expected phonetic shift from Latin.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

flor f (plural flores)

1. flower (structure or plant)

Related terms

• florecer

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Interlingua

Noun

flor (plural flores)

1. flower

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Interlingue

Noun

flor

1. flower

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Latin

Verb

flor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of flō

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flōrō. Cognate with Middle Low German vlōr, (Dutch vloer (“floor”)), Old High German fluor (German Flur (“meadow, corridor, hall”)), Old Norse flórr (Swedish flor (“floor of a stable”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /floːr/

Noun

flōr f (nominative plural flōra or flōre)

1. the floor or ground

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• fleur
• flour
• flur

Etymology

From Latin flōrem, accusative singular of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

flor f (oblique plural flors, nominative singular flor, nominative plural flors)

1. flower

Descendants

• Cornish: flour (borrowed)
• English: flower (borrowed)
• French: fleur

• Irish: plúr (borrowed)
• Scots: flour (borrowed)
• Scottish Gaelic: flùr (borrowed)

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Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fror
• frol
• *chor

Etymology

From Latin flōrem, accusative singular of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfloɾ/

Noun

flor f

1. flower
   • 13th - 14th centuries, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, King Denis of Portugal, B 568: Ai flores, ai flores do verde pino (facsimile)

     Ay flores ay flores do uerde Pyno

     Oh flowers, oh flowers of the green pine

Descendants

• Galician: flor
• Portuguese: flor

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Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin flōrem, accusative singular of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fluɾ/

Noun

flor f (oblique plural flors, nominative singular flor, nominative plural flors)

1. flower

Descendants

• Catalan: flor
• Occitan: flor, flour, hlor

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Portuguese

flor

Alternative forms

• chor (archaic or dialectal)
• frol (archaic or dialectal)
• flôr (obsolete)
• fulô (eye dialect, Northeast Region of Brazil)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese flor, fror, from Latin flōrem, accusative singular of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”). Cf. also the archaic or dialectal variant form chor (as well as Galician chor), which follows the normal or expected phonetic shift from Latin.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfloʁ/
  • (Paulista) IPA^(key): [ˈfloɾ], [ˈfloɹ]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈfloɾ], [ˈfloɻ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾoɻ/, [ˈfɾoɻ]
  • (Carioca) IPA^(key): [ˈfloχ]
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈfloh]
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfloɾ/
• Hyphenation: flor

Noun

flor f (plural flores)

1. flower
   • 1595, Luís Vaz de Camões, Rimas, Num bosque que das Ninfas se habitava:

     As amarellas flores apanhaua

     The yellow flowers there was gathering

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:flor.

Derived terms

• beija-flor

Related terms

Related terms

• flora
• floração

• floral
• florão

• florear
• florescer

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin florus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flor/

Adjective

flor m, n (feminine singular floară, masculine plural flori, feminine and neuter plural floare)

1. (rare) blond, or with reddish-blond hair

Declension

declension of flor

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	flor		floară	flori	floare
	definite	florul		floara	florii	floarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	flor		floare	flori	floare
	definite	florului		floarei	florilor	floarelor

Synonyms

• blond
• roșcat

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Spanish

Flores

Etymology

From Old Spanish flor, from Latin flōrem, singular accusative of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [flo̞ɾ]

Noun

flor f (plural flores)

1. flower (structure in angiosperms)
2. bloom, blossom (an expanded bud)
3. (figuratively) best, finest, pick

   Flor de harina.

   Finest flour.

   En la flor de la vida.

   In the prime of life.

4. compliment, flattery

Derived terms

Terms derived from flor

• aflorar
• a flor de piel
• desflorar

• floración
• florear
• florera

• florería
• florero

Related terms

Related terms

• flora
• Flora
• floral
• floreal

• florecer
• florete
• florido

• florífero
• florista
• florón

External links

• “flor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Turkish

Chemical element
F	Previous: oksijen (O)
	Next: neon (Ne)

Etymology

Borrowing from French fluor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [floɾ]
• Hyphenation: flor

Noun

flor (definite accusative floru, plural florlar)

1. fluorite (chemical element)

Declension

declension of flor

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	flor	florlar
definite accusative (belirtme)	floru	florları
dative (yönelme)	flora	florlara
locative (bulunma)	florda	florlarda
ablative (ayrılma)	flordan	florlardan
genitive (tamlayan)	florun	florların

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Volapük

Noun

flor (plural flors)

1. flower

Declension

declension of flor

	singular	plural
nominative	flor	flors
genitive	flora	floras
dative	flore	flores
accusative	flori	floris
predicative	floru	florus
vocative	o flor!	o flors!