flore

See also: Flore

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Flōra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɔʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

flore f (countable and uncountable, plural flores)

1. (uncountable) flora (plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.)

   Coordinate term: faune

   la flore et la faune ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (countable) flora (a book describing the plants of a country etc.)
3. (uncountable) flora (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body}}

   la flore intestinale ― gut flora

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• frôle, frôlé

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔ.re/
• Rhymes: -ɔre
• Hyphenation: flò‧re

Noun

flore f

1. plural of flora

Latin

Noun

flōre

1. ablative singular of flōs

Verb

flōrē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of flōreō

Middle English

Noun

flore

1. Alternative form of flor

Spanish

Verb

flore

1. inflection of florar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative