German

Noun

Flur m ‎(genitive Flurs or Flures, plural Flure)

1. hall, hallway, corridor, stairwell

   Wir warten im Flur.

   We're waiting in the hallway.

   Sie wohnen auf demselben Flur.

   They live on the same corridor.

Usage notes

• Flur can refer both to a part of a house that connects different units, and to a part of an apartment that connects different rooms. The former can be specified as Hausflur, the latter can be specified as Diele, Korridor, or Wohnungsflur.
• Unlike its English cognate floor, the German word means neither “storey” nor “ground”.

Declension

Synonyms

• Diele
• Korridor

Derived terms

• Hausflur
• Wohnungsflur

Etymology 2

The same as etymology 1, but secondarily distinguished per feminine gender. Modern Flur (f.) continues the original High German sense of the word.

Noun

Flur f ‎(genitive Flur, plural Fluren)

1. farmland; field or lea, heath

   durch Wald und Flur

   through forest and field

Declension

Derived terms

• Flurhüter
• Flurwächter
• Flurzwang

Old French

Noun

flur f ‎(oblique plural flurs, nominative singular flur, nominative plural flurs)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of flor

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) flura
• (Surmiran) flour

Etymology

From Latin flōs, flōrem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‎(“flower, blossom”).

Noun

flur f (plural flurs)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) flower

Noun

flur f ‎(plural fluors)

1. (Puter, Vallader) flower