floraison

== French == === Etymology === Compare Anglo-Norman flurissuns with Old French floroison [13th c.] which became Middle French fleurison [from 1575] and early Modern French fleuraison [from 1669] — by surface analysis, fleur +‎ -aison. The current form floraison has the root-stem relatinized to mirror the Latin flōr-, the stem used in most of the inflected forms of flōs (“flower”). The old form fleuraison exists in modern French as a rare literary term. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flɔ.ʁɛ.zɔ̃/ ~ /flɔ.ʁe.zɔ̃/ === Noun === floraison f (plural floraisons) flowering, florescence an instance of flowering ==== Related terms ==== fleur fleurir inflorescence === References ===