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The French word for flower is
fleur





flower

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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