floral

English

Etymology

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From French floral, from Latin flōrālis, from flōs (“flower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔɹəl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔːɹəl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl

Adjective

floral (comparative more floral, superlative most floral)

1. Of, pertaining to, or connected with flowers.
2. Portraying flowers, especially in a stylized way.

   I really like the floral pattern on this Chinese vase.

Related terms

• flora
• subfloral

Translations

of or pertaining to flowers

• Asturian: floral
• Bulgarian: цветен (bg) (cveten)
• Catalan: floral
• Esperanto: flora
• French: floral (fr)
• Galician: floral
• German: floral (de)
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• Irish: bláthach
• Italian: floreale (it)
• Latvian: puķains
• Polish: kwiatowy (pl)
• Portuguese: floral (pt)
• Russian: цвето́чный (ru) (cvetóčnyj)
• Spanish: floral (es)

portraying flowers

• German: floral (de)
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• Latvian: puķains

Noun

floral (plural florals)

1. A design involving flowers
   • 2007 October 11, Marianne Rohrlich, “Grandma’s Wallpaper Gets Funky”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     FUNKY, bold and bright, many new wallpapers offer a modern twist on fussy old damasks and florals.

2. A perfume redolent of flowers

Anagrams

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Asturian

Adjective

floral (epicene, plural florales)

1. floral (of or pertaining to flowers)

Related terms

• flor

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fluˈɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [floˈɾal]

Adjective

floral m or f (masculine and feminine plural florals)

1. floral

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɔ.ʁal/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

floral (feminine florale, masculine plural floraux, feminine plural florales)

1. floral

Further reading

• “floral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

floral (not comparable)

1. floral

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Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /floʁal/

Etymology

From French floral.

Adjective

floral

1. floral

Related terms

• fler
• fleri
• fleris

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Portuguese

Adjective

1. floral

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin flōrālis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [flo̞ˈɾal]

Adjective

floral m or f (masculine and feminine plural florales)

1. floral (of or relating to the flower or flowers)

Related terms

• flor
• florear
• florecer
• florería
• florero
• florido
• florista
• floristería

 

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001