flor

See also: Flor, flor., and flôr

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish flor. Doublet of flour and flower.

Noun

flor (countable and uncountable, plural flors)

1. A film of yeast that develops on the surface of some wines during fermentation, induced deliberately 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 (plural flors)

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

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈflɔ/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈflɔɾ/

Noun

flor f (plural flors)

1. flower

Derived terms

• aflorar
• flor de lis
• floral
• floreta

Related terms

• florir

Further reading

• “flor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “flor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “flor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “flor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

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

1. bloom (state of plants)
   • 1912, Jeppe Aakjær, Skrifter i folkeudgave: Samlede digte I-III: [v. 2] Bag hjemmets gavl. [v. 3] Rugens sange

     ... nu er Timianen visnet, men Ruden i Flor.

     ... now the thyme has withered, but the rue blossoms.

   • 2014, Lars Thomassen, Vogteren: Juleeventyr i 24 kapitler. LÆS HØJT FOR DINE BØRN..., Lars Thomassen (→ISBN), page 85:

     ... en blomst i fuldt flor.

     ... a flower in full blossom.

   • 2013, Siri Hustvedt, At leve / at tænke / at se, Lindhardt og Ringhof (→ISBN)

     ... amaryllis i fuldt flor, ...

     ... amaryllis in full bloom, ...

2. (figuratively) bloom
   • 1821, Christian Molbech, Reise giennem en Deel af Tydskland, Frankrige, England og Italien i Aarene 1819 og 1820, page 49:

     Men at den ypperste Samling af Konstskatte, at en Samling som Musée Napoleon allene, eller endog i Forening med den højeste Liberalitet hos Regieringen og med fortræffeligt indrettede Skoler og Academier, ikke er nok for at bringe Konsten i Flor: derpaa troer jeg, at Frankrige netop giver et talende Exempel.

     But that the most exquisite collection of art treasures, that a collection which only Musée Napoleon, or, for that matter, in union with the highest liberality in the government and with the most excellently designed schools and academies is not sufficient to bring art to blossom: I think France provides a telling example to that effect.

   • 1771, De Forandringer, som Norge haver voeret underkastet baade i verdslige og geistlige Sager. Extraheret af Torfaei Chronico Rerum Norvegicarum, page 9:

     Da han nu saaledes havde bragt sit Rige i Flor, pønsede han endnu paa noget, som var større.

     Having thus brought his kingdom to blossom, he yet contrived to bring about a greater deed.

   • 1771, Kiøbenhavns kongel. privilegerede Adresse-Contoirs nye kritisk Journal, page 343:

     Den tredie Bog indeholder de for nærværende Tiid i Flor staaende Asiatiske, Afrikanske og Amerikanske Stater.

     The third book contains the currently blossoming Asian, African and American states.

3. bloom (flowers)
   • 2004, Historiske roser, Gyldendal A/S (→ISBN), page 211:

     ... et stort espalier eller pergola hvor den med sit blanke, bronzeglinsende løv og det rige flor er et imponerende skue.

     ... a large espalier or pergola where, with its shiny, bronze-gleaming leaves and rich bloom, it is an impressive sight.

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”). Compare also the variant form chor (as well as Portuguese flor), which follows the normal or expected phonetic shift from Latin.

Pronunciation

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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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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese flor.

Noun

flor

1. flower

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Latin

Verb

flor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of flō

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English flōr, from Proto-Germanic *flōrō, *flōrô, *flōraz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂ros.

Alternative forms

• flore, flur, flour, floor, vlor, floour

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /floːr/

Noun

flor (plural flores)

1. A floor; the bottom surface of a room or building.
2. A level or story of a building; one of a building's floors.
3. A flat area or platform (often for preparing stuff on)
   • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Matheu 3:12”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

     Whos wynewing cloth is in his hoond, and he ſhal fulli clenſe his corn flore, and ſhal gadere his whete in to his berne; but the chaffe he ſhal brenne with fier that mai not be quenchid.

     His winnowing fan is in his hand, and he'll completely clean his threshing-floor and gather up his wheat into his barn, but the chaff he'll burn with unquenchable fire.

4. The surface of the earth, especially when relatively flat; a plain.
5. (rare) The bottom substructure or support of a building.
6. (rare) The bottom of one's eyelid or eyelash.

Descendants

• English: floor
• Scots: flure, fluir, flair

References

• “flọ̄r, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-08-12.

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman flur.

Noun

flor

1. Alternative form of flour

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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

Declension of flor (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	flōr	flōra, flōre
accusative	flōre	flōra, flōre
genitive	flōre	flōra
dative	flōre	flōrum

Descendants

• Middle English: flor, flore, flur, flour, floor, vlor, floour
  • English: floor
  • Scots: flure, fluir, flair

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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): /flur/
• Rhymes: -ur

Noun

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

1. flower

Descendants

• → Cornish: flour
• → English: flower
• French: fleur

• → Irish: plúr
• → Scots: flour
• → Scottish Gaelic: flùr

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Old Occitan

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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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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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese flor and Spanish flor and Kabuverdianu flor.

Noun

flor

1. flower

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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”). Compare 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): [ˈflo(h)]
• (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 quotations of use of this term, see Citations:flor.

Derived terms

• beija-flor

Related terms

• flora
• floração
• floral
• florão
• florear
• florescer

 

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin florus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flor/

Adjective

flor m or 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): /ˈfloɾ/

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

Synonyms

• xóchil (poetic, Mexico, dialectal)

Derived terms

• aflorar
• a flor de piel
• azúcar flor
• comeflor
• desflorar
• echar flores
• en la flor de la juventud
• floración
• florcita
• flor de cananga
• flor de cempasúchil
• flor de lis
• flor del muerto
• flor de muertos
• flor de Nochebuena
• florear
• florecita
• florera
• florería
• florero
• floristería
• flor y nata

 

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

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Etymology

Borrowed from French fluor.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

flor (definite accusative floru, plural florlar)

1. fluorite (chemical element)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	flor
Definite accusative	floru
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	flor	florlar
Definite accusative	floru	florları
Dative	flora	florlara
Locative	florda	florlarda
Ablative	flordan	florlardan
Genitive	florun	florların

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Volapük

Noun

flor (nominative plural flors)

1. flower

Declension

declension of flor

	singular	plural
nominative	flor	flors
genitive	flora	floras
dative	flore	flores
accusative	flori	floris
vocative 1	o flor!	o flors!
predicative 2	floru	florus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only