flor

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See also: Flor, flor., and flôr

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish flor.

Noun[edit]

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.

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Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

flor f (plural flors)

  1. flower

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

flor f (plural flores)

  1. flower

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

flor f (plural flors)

  1. flower

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Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

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Declension[edit]

Declension of flor
neuter
gender 		Singular
indefinite definite
nominative flor floret
genitive flors florets

References[edit]

Galician[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

flor f (plural flores)

  1. flower (structure or plant)

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Interlingua[edit]

Noun[edit]

flor (plural flores)

  1. flower

Interlingue[edit]

Noun[edit]

flor

  1. flower

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

flor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of flō

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /floːr/, [floːrˠ]

Noun[edit]

flōr f (nominative plural flōra or flōre)

  1. the floor or ground

Declension[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants[edit]

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

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

  1. flower

Descendants[edit]

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

Old Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. flower

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Old Portuguese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

flor f

  1. flower

Descendants[edit]

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese flor and Spanish flor and Kabuverdianu flor.

Noun[edit]

flor

  1. flower

Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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flor

Alternative forms[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

flor f (plural flores)

  1. flower

Quotations[edit]

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:flor.

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Terms related to flor

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin florus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

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

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Spanish[edit]

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Flores

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

xóchil (poetic, Mexico, dialectal)

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from flor

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Terms related to flor

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Turkish[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French fluor.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

flor (definite accusative floru, plural florlar)

  1. fluorite (chemical element)

Declension[edit]

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

Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

flor (plural flors)

  1. flower

Declension[edit]

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!
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