floreal

See also: Floreal, floréal, and Floréal

English

Etymology

From Latin flōreus +‎ -al.

Adjective

floreal (comparative more floreal, superlative most floreal)

1. (poetic) floral; flowery
   • 1879, Rosa Fairfax Costley, Fantasma: And Other Poems, page 281:

     Give me peace — and the rest as thou willest! / Choose thou my new floreal dwelling, / From plants of the forest or field, / By stream or by fountain up-welling.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Floreal (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from French floréal, equivalent to flor +‎ -eal.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flo.ɾeˈaw/ [flo.ɾeˈaʊ̯], /flo.ɾiˈaw/ [flo.ɾiˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /floˈɾjaw/ [floˈɾjaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flo.ɾeˈaw/ [flo.ɾeˈaʊ̯], /flo.ɾiˈaw/ [flo.ɾiˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /floˈɾjaw/ [floˈɾjaʊ̯]
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /flo.ɾeˈaw/ [flo.ɾeˈaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fluˈɾjal/ [fluˈɾjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fluˈɾjal/ [fluˈɾjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fluˈɾja.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: flo‧re‧al

Noun

floreal m (plural floreais)

1. (historical) Floréal (the eighth month of the French Republican Calendar, from April 20 or 21 to May 19 or 20)

Adjective

floreal m or f (plural floreais)

1. (relational) synonym of floral

Derived terms

• Floreal

Further reading

• “floreal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “floreal”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “floreal”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “floreal”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “floreal”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “floreal”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “floreal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French floréal.

Noun

floreal n (uncountable)

1. Floréal

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	floreal	florealul
genitive-dative	floreal	florealului
vocative	florealule

Spanish

Noun

floreal m (plural floreales)

1. Floréal

Further reading

• “floreal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025