"flouren" meaning in All languages combined

See flouren on Wiktionary

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈfluːrən/
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman florir, flurir, from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|xno|florir|florir, flurir}} Anglo-Norman florir, flurir, {{der|enm|la-lat|florio|flōrīre}} Late Latin flōrīre, {{der|enm|la|floreo|flōrēre}} Latin flōrēre Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} flouren Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|flour}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], flouren [infinitive], to flouren [infinitive], floure [infinitive], floure [first-person, present, singular], floured [first-person, past, singular], flourest [present, second-person, singular], flouredest [past, second-person, singular], floureth [present, singular, third-person], floured [past, singular, third-person], floure [present, singular, subjunctive], floured [past, singular, subjunctive], floure [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], flouren [plural, present], floure [plural, present], floureden [past, plural], flourede [past, plural], floureth [imperative, plural, present], floure [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], flourynge [participle, present], flourende [participle, present], floured [participle, past], yfloured [participle, past], floure [alternative], fluren [alternative], florie [alternative], flowren [alternative]
  1. To flower or bloom (develop flowers)
    Sense id: en-flouren-enm-noun-9LJuPmMP
  2. To benefit (experience prosperity or flourishing)
    Sense id: en-flouren-enm-noun-2FFlFvml
  3. To become famous; to develop a legendary reputation.
    Sense id: en-flouren-enm-noun-jKSTk5Cf
  4. To install flowers or images of them (including in a heraldic context)
    Sense id: en-flouren-enm-noun-EGpDUkM- Categories (other): Heraldry Disambiguation of Heraldry: 9 9 9 45 9 9 9
  5. (of writing, rare) To flow; to develop ornament. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-flouren-enm-noun-28TQ0kSm
  6. (wine, rare) To become a gold colour. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-flouren-enm-noun-zpkjetXu Categories (other): Wine, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Botany Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 18 9 11 18 10 24 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 12 11 17 9 30 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 7 24 5 44 6 Disambiguation of Botany: 23 5 5 17 5 37 8 Topics: beverages, food, lifestyle, oenology, wine
  7. (cooking, rare) To add a powder (e.g. flour) to a meal. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-flouren-enm-noun-GWcdpWGk Categories (other): Cooking Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

Alternative forms

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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "floureden",
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    },
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      "form": "flourede",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "floureth",
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        "To flow; to develop ornament."
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        "(of writing, rare) To flow; to develop ornament."
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        "To become a gold colour."
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        "(wine, rare) To become a gold colour."
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        "(cooking, rare) To add a powder (e.g. flour) to a meal."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfluːrən/"
    }
  ],
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    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "present"
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
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        "plural"
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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        "present"
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        "participle",
        "present"
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        "past"
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      "form": "floure",
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      "form": "fluren",
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        "To flow; to develop ornament."
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          "flow"
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        "(of writing, rare) To flow; to develop ornament."
      ],
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        "of writing"
      ],
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        "rare"
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    {
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        "enm:Wine"
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      "glosses": [
        "To become a gold colour."
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        [
          "wine",
          "wine"
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        [
          "gold",
          "gold"
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      ],
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        "(wine, rare) To become a gold colour."
      ],
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        "rare"
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        "beverages",
        "food",
        "lifestyle",
        "oenology",
        "wine"
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        "enm:Cooking"
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        "To add a powder (e.g. flour) to a meal."
      ],
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          "cooking",
          "cooking#Noun"
        ]
      ],
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        "(cooking, rare) To add a powder (e.g. flour) to a meal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
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        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfluːrən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flouren"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-04-01 using wiktextract (7de0cf9 and 9452535). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.