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Flower
English
Etymology
From Middle English flour (flower, best of anything) < Old French flor < Latin accusative flōrem < nominative flōs (flower) < Proto-Indo-European base *bhlo- (to blossom, flourish), extended form of *bhel- (to thrive, bloom).
Pronunciation
Homophones
Noun
flower (flowers )
- a reproductive unit of a higher plant, usually colourful
Translations
flower (noun)
- Albanian: lule f
- Arabic: زَهْرَة (záhra) f, زُهُور (zuhúːr) pl, أزْهَارٌ (az-háːr) pl
- Basque: lore
- Breton: bleuñv (collective), bleuñvienn f/sg, bleunienn f, boked m, fleur (collective)
- Bulgarian: цвете (tsvete) n
- Catalan: flor f
- Chinese: 花 (huā), 花儿 (huār), 花卉 (huāhuì), 花朵 (huāduǒ)
- Croatian: cvijet m
- Czech: květ m
- Danish: blomst c
- Dutch: bloem f
- Esperanto: floro
- Finnish: kukka
- French: fleur f
- Frisian: blom
- Galician: flor f
- German: Blume f, Blumen pl
- Greek (Ancient): ἄνθος (ánthos) n, ἀνθέμιον (anthémion) n
- Hebrew: פרח (perákh) m
- Hungarian: virág
- Indonesian: bunga, kembang , puspa
- Interlingua: flor
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- Italian: fiore m
- Inuktitut: nunangoark , perusiatsiark
- Japanese: 花 (はな, haná)
- Korean: 꽃 (kkot)
- Kurdish: gul, kulîlk
- Lakota: wanahca
- Latin: flos m
- Nahuatl: xochitl
- Norwegian: blomst
- Ojibwe: waabigwan , waabigwaniin pl
- Polish: kwiat m
- Portuguese: flor f
- Romanian: floare f
- Russian: цветок (tsvetók) m, цветы (tsvetý) pl
- Serbian: цвет (tsvet) m
- Slovak: kvet m
- Slovene: roža f
- Spanish: flor f
- Swahili: ua sg, maua pl (noun 5/6)
- Swedish: blomma c
- Thai: ดอก (dààwk), ดอกไม้ (dààwk māāi)
- Turkish: çicek
- Ukrainian: цвіт (tsvit) m
- Urdu: پهول (phool)
- Volapük: flor
- Welsh: blodyn
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Verb
to flower (flowers , flowered , flowering )
- to put forth blooms.
Synonyms
Translations
to flower
- Arabic: أزْهَرَ (az-hára), إزْدَهَرَ (izdáhara)
- Breton: bleuniañ
- Bulgarian: цъфтя (tsəftja)
- Czech: kvésti
- Danish: blomstre
- Dutch: bloeien , openbloeien
- Finnish: kukkia
- French: fleurir , s'épanouir
- German: blühen
- Greek (Ancient): ἀνθέω (anthéo) vi; ἀνθίζω (anthízo) vt
- Hebrew: פרח (parakh) vi; הפריח (hifriikha) vt
- Interlingua: florer , florescer
- Inuktitut: erkpakpok
- Italian: fiorire
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- Japanese: 咲く (さく , sakú)
- Korean: 꽃이 피다 (kkochi pida)
- Latin: florere ; florescere (begin to blossom); efflorescere (break into bloom)
- Ojibwe: baashkaabigwanii
- Polish: kwitnąć
- Portuguese: florir , florescer
- Russian: цвести (tsvestí)
- Slovene: cveteti
- Spanish: florecer
- Swahili: -sitawi , -bariki , -chanua
- Swedish: blomma
- Thai: แย้ม (yāāem), แตกปลี (dtààek bplee)
- Urdu: کهلنا (khilna)
- Volapük: florön
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