"fleur" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /flœʁ/ Audio: Fr-une fleur-fr-ouest.ogg [France, Western] Forms: fleurs [plural]
Rhymes: -œʁ 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”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|flur|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French flur, {{inh+|fr|fro|flur}} Inherited from Old French flur, {{m|fro|flour}} flour, {{m|fro|flor}} flor, {{inh|fr|la|flōs|flōrem|t=flower; the finest part of something}} Latin flōrem (“flower; the finest part of something”), {{inh|fr|itc-pro|*flōs}} Proto-Italic *flōs, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*bʰleh₃-s||flower, blossom}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s (“flower, blossom”), {{m|ine-pro|*bʰleh₃-||to bloom}} *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom”), {{inh|fr|frm|fleur|t=surface, upper side, top layer}} Middle French fleur (“surface, upper side, top layer”), {{der|fr|gem-pro|*flōraz|t=floor}} Proto-Germanic *flōraz (“floor”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} fleur f (plural fleurs)
  1. (botany) flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants") Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Botany 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
    Sense id: en-fleur-fr-noun-Djm94tbN Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'flower, bloom, blossom': 79 10 3 0 0 7 Disambiguation of 'flower, bloom, blossom': 79 10 3 0 0 7 Disambiguation of 'flower, bloom, blossom': 79 10 3 0 0 7
  2. (metonymically) flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself Tags: feminine, metonymically Synonyms (flowering plant): angiosperme
    Sense id: en-fleur-fr-noun-qbkKNy5y Categories (other): French metonyms, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 41 4 9 10 13 Disambiguation of 'flowering plant': 16 73 1 0 4 6
  3. (figuratively) a kind favor given by one person to another Tags: feminine, figuratively Synonyms (kind favor): aide, faveur, service
    Sense id: en-fleur-fr-noun-hdH5jm~B Disambiguation of 'kind favor': 4 5 86 0 1 3
  4. (figuratively) the best of something Tags: feminine, figuratively Synonyms (best of something): crème de la crème, élite, gratin, meilleur, nec plus ultra
    Sense id: en-fleur-fr-noun-AX06z1Im Disambiguation of 'best of something': 0 0 0 100 0 0
  5. (figurative) the virginity of a woman Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-fleur-fr-noun-7Dl7rf0j
  6. (archaic, chemistry) Substances with a state of purity or extreme separation, produced by sublimation Tags: archaic, feminine Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-fleur-fr-noun-bx3mYR-G Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (virginity): vertu, virginité
Disambiguation of 'virginity': 9 34 1 5 42 8 Derived forms: à fleur de, à fleur de peau, à la fleur de l’âge, affleurement, affleurer, chou-fleur, comme une fleur, couvrir quelqu’un de fleurs, défleurir, déflorer, effleurir, Empire des Fleurs, en fleur, en fleurs, envoyer les fleurs, faire une fleur, fine fleur, fleur au fusil, fleur bleue, fleur de farine, fleur de la passion, fleur de lis, fleur de lys, fleur de sel, fleur de vin, fleur des morts, fleur des pois, fleurdelisé, fleurdeliser, fleurdelysé, fleurdelyser, fleuré, fleurette, fleuri, fleurir, fleurissant, fleuriste, fleuristerie, fleuron, fleuronné, fleurs de rhétorique, jeter des fleurs, la fleur au fusil, langage des fleurs, le serpent est caché sous les fleurs, les quatre fleurs, mille-fleurs, ni fleurs, ni couronnes, passe-fleur, pot à fleur, pot de fleur, refleurir, s’envoyer des fleurs, Terre des Fleurs, zeauzeau fleur Related terms: effleurer, efflorescence, efflorescent, fleuret, fleureté, floraison, floral, flore, inflorescence, passiflore, quadriflore, uniflore

Inflected forms

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      "word": "la fleur au fusil"
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          "name": "Botany",
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          "english": "I went to pick a flower in the fields.",
          "text": "Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs.",
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          "english": "He offered me magnificent flowers.",
          "text": "Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs.",
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          "word": "inflorescence"
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          "word": "capitule"
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          "word": "ombelle"
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        {
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          "word": "plante"
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          "word": "bractée"
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          "word": "carpelle"
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        {
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          "word": "étamine"
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          "word": "fleuron"
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        {
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          "word": "pédoncule"
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          "word": "pistil"
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          "word": "sépale"
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          "english": "Orchids are sought-after flowers.",
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          "english": "Here's the cream of the crop of French youth.",
          "text": "Voici la fine fleur de la jeunesse française.",
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        {
          "english": "to die in the prime of life",
          "text": "Mourir à la fleur de l’âge.",
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      "word": "couvrir quelqu’un de fleurs"
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      "word": "fleur de vin"
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      "word": "fleur des morts"
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      "sense": "flower, bloom, blossom",
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      "sense": "flower, bloom, blossom",
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      "sense": "flower, bloom, blossom",
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      "word": "inflorescence"
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      "word": "passiflore"
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          "english": "He offered me magnificent flowers.",
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          "english": "He gave me a kind favor.",
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          "english": "Here's the cream of the crop of French youth.",
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          "english": "to die in the prime of life",
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      "sense": "best of something",
      "word": "crème de la crème"
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      "sense": "best of something",
      "word": "gratin"
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      "sense": "best of something",
      "word": "meilleur"
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      "sense": "best of something",
      "word": "nec plus ultra"
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      "sense": "virginity",
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      "sense": "virginity",
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}

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