The French word for flower is
fleur

Gender
The gender of fleur is feminine. E.g. la fleur.Plural
The plural of fleur is fleurs.French Definition
flower | |
1. n. (Botanique) Fleur. | |
2. v. Fleurir. |
Translations for flower and their definitions
Fleur | ||
1. Proper noun. given name, female | ||
lang=fr, Fleur Pellerin, b. 1973 | ||
2. n-f. (botany) flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants") | ||
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. - I went to pick a flower in the fields. | ||
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. - He offered me magnificent flowers. | ||
3. n-f. (metonymy) flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself | ||
Les orchidées sont des fleurs recherchées. - Orchids are sought-after flowers. | ||
4. n-f. (figuratively) a kind favor given by one person to another | ||
Il m’a fait une fleur. - He gave me a kind favor. | ||
5. n-f. (figuratively) the best of something | ||
Voici la fine fleur de la jeunesse française. - Here's the cream of the crop of French youth. | ||
Mourir à la fleur de l’âge. - to die in the prime of life | ||
6. n-f. (metaphor) the virginity of a woman | ||
Fleurs de soufre, de zinc, d’arsenic, d’antimoine. - refinements of sulfur, zinc, arsenic, antimony |
fleurir | ||
1. v. to flower; to produce flowers | ||
2. v. to bloom | ||
3. v. to flourish |
s'épanouir | |
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