fleur

== English == === Etymology === An ellipsis of fleur-de-lis from French fleur (“flower”). Doublet of flor, flour, and flower. === Noun === fleur (plural fleurs) fleur-de-lis ==== Related terms ==== pot-et-fleur == Franco-Provençal == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈflœr] === Noun === fleur (plural fleur) (Bressan, Graphie de Conflans) (Valdôtain, Graphie BREL) alternative form of flœr (“flower”) === References === fleur in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca fleur in Patois VdA: Le site du Francoprovençal en Vallée d'Aoste – on patoisvda.org == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French flur, flour, flor, from Latin flōrem (“flower; the finest part of something”), from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom”). In some senses, from Middle French fleur (“surface, upper side, top layer”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *flōraz (“floor”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flœʁ/ Rhymes: -œʁ === Noun === fleur f (plural fleurs) (botany) flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants") (metonymic) flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself (figuratively) a kind favor given by one person to another (figuratively) the best of something (figurative) the virginity of a woman (Can we date this quote?), Jean de la Fontaine, Fables (archaic, chemistry) Substances with a state of purity or extreme separation, produced by sublimation ==== Synonyms ==== (flowering plant): angiosperme (kind favor): aide, faveur, service (best of something): crème de la crème, élite, gratin, meilleur, nec plus ultra (virginity): vertu, virginité ==== Hypernyms ==== (flower, bloom, blossom): arbre, inflorescence, capitule, ombelle, plante ==== Hyponyms ==== (flower, bloom, blossom): bractée, carpelle, étamine, fleuron, pédoncule, pétale, pistil, sépale, tépale ==== Meronyms ==== (flower, bloom, blossom): androcée, calice, corolle, gynécée, involucre, périgone, périanthe, réceptacle floral ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: flè === Further reading === “fleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Etymology === Borrowing from late Old French fleur. === Noun === fleur alternative form of flour == Walloon == === Etymology === From Old French flor, flur, from Latin flōs, flōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fløːʀ/ === Noun === fleur f (plural fleurs) (botany) flower