flower, blossom (colorful, conspicuous reproductive structure(s) of an angiosperm) · plant, houseplant (plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes) · efflorescence (formation of a powdery surface on crystals)
flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants") · flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself · a kind favor given by one person to another
çekim: çoğul fleurs
eş: angiosperme, aide, faveur, service, crème de la crème, élite
köken: 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”).
aile: 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
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃s Proto-Italic *flōs Latin flōs Old Spanish flor Spanish flor Inherited from Old Spanish flor, from Latin flōs (accusative flōrem). The retention of /fl/ is unusual and perhaps reflects some form of conservative tendency.
aile: a flor de agua, a flor de cuño, a flor de piel, a flor de tierra, adiós mis flores, aflorar, andarse en flores, azúcar de flor, azúcar flor, batalla de flores
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian گُل (gul, “rose; flower”). Replaced native шешек (şeşek), which is now obsolete. Cognate with Bashkir гөл (göl), Kyrgyz гүл (gül), Uzbek gul, Uyghur گۈل (gül), Turkmen gül (“flower”); Turkish gül (“rose”), etc.
köken: From Proto-Turkic *čeček (“flower”). Cognates include Old Turkic [script needed] (čečäk), Tuvan and Southern Altai чечек (čeček), Kazakh шешек (şeşek), Uzbek chechak, Uyghur چېچەك (chëchek), Turkish, Gagauz, Crimean Tatar çiçek, Azerbaijani çiçək. The background of the metathesis *säsäk → säskä that took place in Bashkir remains yet to be explored. One possible reason for it may have been to…
flower · a delicate, feminine woman or girl · surface
çekim: çoğul flores
eş: florezinhas, florinha, florzinha, florzita
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese flor, a learned borrowing from Latin flos, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃s, from *bʰleh₃- + *-s. Compare Galician flor, chor.
aile: à flor de, beija-flor, flor da idade, flor de lis, flor de lótus, flor-de-lis, florar, florear, floreiro, florista
1595, Luís Vaz de Camões, Rimas, Num bosque que das Ninfas se habitava
flower (plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood) · flower (stem of a flowering plant with the blossom or blossoms attached, used for decoration, as a gift, etc.) · flower (floral design placed on materials or objects)
çekim: çoğul kwiaty · tamlayan kwiatu
eş: kwiatek, kwiatek, kwiatek, panieński kwiatek
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *kwaitas Proto-Slavic *kvě̑tъ Old Polish kwiat Polish kwiat Inherited from Old Polish kwiat.
aile: kwiaciasty, kwiaciaty, kwiatonośny, kwiecisty, kwietny, w kwiecie wieku, dzieci kwiaty, kwiaciarka, kwiaciarz, kwiat lotosu
köken: Inherited from Latin flōrem, accusative of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”). Doublet of floră.
flower · synonym of szobanövény (“houseplant”) · bloom, blossom, prime, cream (the most beautiful, most valuable, or most powerful part, section, or state of something)
çekim: çoğul virágok
köken: Inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *walke, with the semantic shift of light > radiance, sparkle > flower. For the semantic development, compare Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos). First attested in 1237. Doublet of világ.