German

Noun

Flor m ‎(genitive Flors, plural Flore)

1. nap, pile (kind of textile)
2. veil

Usage notes

• The word is most often seen in the compound Trauerflor ‎(“black ribbon”).

Declension

Related terms

• Florfliege
• Trauerflor

English

Noun

flor ‎(countable and uncountable, plural flors)

1. A film of yeast that develops on the surface of some wines during fermentation, produced deliberately in during the production of sherry.

Translations

Anagrams

• ROFL
• rolf, Rolf

Aragonese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /floɾ/

Noun

flor f

1. flower

Asturian

Etymology

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

Noun

flor f ‎(plural flores)

1. flower

Related terms

• florecer

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [flɔ] (Western Catalan, Eastern Catalan)
• IPA^(key): [flɔ̞ɾ] (Valencian)

Noun

flor f ‎(plural flors)

1. flower

Derived terms

• floral

Related terms

• florir

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

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

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Declension

References

• “flor” in Den Danske Ordbog

Galician

Alternative forms

• chor

Etymology

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”). Cf. also the variant form chor (as well as Portuguese flor), which follows the normal or expected phonetic shift from Latin.

Pronunciation

Noun

flor f ‎(plural flores)

1. flower (structure or plant)

Related terms

• florecer

Interlingua

Noun

flor ‎(plural flores)

1. flower

Interlingue

Noun

flor

1. flower

Latin

Verb

flor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of flō

Old English

Etymology

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”)).

Noun

flōr f ‎(nominative plural flōra or flōre)

1. the floor or ground

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Old French

Alternative forms

• fleur
• flour
• flur

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

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

1. flower

Descendants

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fror
• frol
• *chor

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfloɾ/

Noun

flor f

1. flower
   • 13th - 14th centuries, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, King Denis of Portugal, B 568: Ai flores, ai flores do verde pino (facsimile)

     Ay flores ay flores do uerde Pyno

     Oh flowers, oh flowers of the green pine

Descendants

• Galician: flor
• Portuguese: flor

Old Provençal

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fluɾ/

Noun

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

1. flower

Descendants

• Catalan: flor
• Occitan: flor, flour, hlor

Portuguese

flor

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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”). Cf. also the archaic or dialectal variant form chor (as well as Galician chor), which follows the normal or expected phonetic shift from Latin.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfloʁ/
  • (Paulista) IPA^(key): [ˈfloɾ], [ˈfloɹ]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈfloɾ], [ˈfloɻ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾoɻ/, [ˈfɾoɻ]
  • (Carioca) IPA^(key): [ˈfloχ]
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈfloh]
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfloɾ/
• Hyphenation: flor

Noun

flor f (plural flores)

1. flower
   • 1595, Luís Vaz de Camões, Rimas, Num bosque que das Ninfas se habitava:

     As amarellas flores apanhaua

     The yellow flowers there was gathering

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:flor.

Derived terms

• beija-flor

Related terms

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin florus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flor/

Adjective

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

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

Declension

Synonyms

• blond
• roșcat

Spanish

Flores

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [flo̞ɾ]
• See also: flúor

Noun

flor f ‎(plural flores)

1. flower
2. bloom
3. (figuratively) best, finest, pick

   Flor de harina.‎

   Finest flour.

   En la flor de la vida.‎

   In the prime of life.

4. flattery

Derived terms

Related terms

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from French fluor.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

flor ‎(definite accusative floru, plural florlar)

1. fluorite (chemical element)

Declension

Volapük

Noun

flor ‎(plural flors)

1. flower

Declension