Flora
See also: flora, flóra, florą, flóra-, Flóra, and Florą
English
Etymology
From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflɔːɹə/
- Homophone: flora
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹə
Proper noun
Flora
- (Roman mythology) the goddess of flowers, nature and spring; she is also the wife of Favonius and the mother of Karpos. She is the Roman counterpart of Chloris.
- (astronomy) 8 Flora, a main-belt asteroid.
- A female given name from Latin.
- 1933 Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber 1933, page 91 ("Girls' Names")
- What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star, / And Sylvia like a rustling tree, / And Lola like a melody, / And Flora like a flowery morn, […]
- 1933 Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber 1933, page 91 ("Girls' Names")
- A surname.
- A municipality of Norway.
- A city in Illinois.
- A resort in Suriname.
- A municipality of the Philippines.
- A town in Indiana; named for founder John Flora.
- A town in Mississippi; named for early resident Flora Mann Jones.
- A village in Norway.
Related terms
- flora
Translations
the goddess of flowers
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female given name
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Anagrams
- folar
French
Etymology
From Latin Flōra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flɔ.ʁa/
Proper noun
Flora f
- a female given name from Latin, a Latinate variant of Flore
Related terms
- flore
Anagrams
- frôla
German
Etymology
From Latin Flōra.
Pronunciation
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Noun
Flora f (genitive Flora, plural Floren)
- (botany) flora (plants as a group; microorganisms)
Declension
Declension of Flora [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Flora | die | Floren |
genitive | einer | der | Flora | der | Floren |
dative | einer | der | Flora | den | Floren |
accusative | eine | die | Flora | die | Floren |
Derived terms
- Alpenflora
- Bakterienflora
- Darmflora
- Gebirgsflora
- Inselflora
- Landflora
- Meeresflora
- Nasenflora
- Normalflora
- Scheidenflora
- Steppenflora
- Sumpfflora
- Vaginalflora
- Waldflora
Proper noun
Flora
- (Roman mythology) Flora
- a female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Florian
Further reading
- “Flora” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Flōra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflɔ.ra/
- Rhymes: -ɔra
- Hyphenation: Flò‧ra
Proper noun
Flora f
- (Roman mythology) the goddess of flowers, Flora
- a female given name from Latin
Related terms
- flora
Anagrams
- farlo
Latin
Etymology
From flōs (“blossom”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfloː.ra/, [ˈfɫ̪oːrä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈflo.ra/, [ˈflɔːrä]
Proper noun
Flōra f (genitive Flōrae); first declension
- (Roman mythology) Flora, the goddess of flowers.
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Flōra |
Genitive | Flōrae |
Dative | Flōrae |
Accusative | Flōram |
Ablative | Flōrā |
Vocative | Flōra |
Derived terms
- Flōrālia
- Flōrālicius
- Flōrālis
- Flōrālitius
- Flōrius
Descendants
- → English: Flora
- French: Flore, Flora
- → German: Flora
- Italian: Flora
- Portuguese: Flora
- Spanish: Flora
- → Tagalog: Flora
References
- “Flora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Flora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Flora
- A former municipality of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, with its administrative centre in Florø. Merged with Vågsøy on 1 January 2020 under the name of Kinn.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Flora
- A former municipality of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, with its administrative centre in Florø. Merged with Vågsøy on 1 January 2020 under the name of Kinn.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Flōra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflɔ.ra/
- Rhymes: -ɔra
- Syllabification: Flo‧ra
- Homophone: flora
Proper noun
Flora f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Flora
Proper noun
Flora f
- (Roman mythology) Flora (goddess of flowers)
Declension
Declension of Flora
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Flora | Flory |
genitive | Flory | Flor |
dative | Florze | Florom |
accusative | Florę | Flory |
instrumental | Florą | Florami |
locative | Florze | Florach |
vocative | Floro | Flory |
Further reading
- Flora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Flora in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Flōra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflɔ.ɾɐ/
- Homophone: flora
- Hyphenation: Flo‧ra
Proper noun
Flora f
- a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Flora
- (Roman mythology) Flora (goddess of nature)
Related terms
- flora
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin Flōra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfloɾa/ [ˈflo.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -oɾa
- Syllabification: Flo‧ra
Proper noun
Flora f
- (Roman mythology) Flora
- a female given name from Latin
Related terms
- flora
Descendants
- → Tagalog: Flora
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Flora, from Latin Flōra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈploɾa/, [ˈplo.ɾɐ]
Proper noun
Flora
- a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Flora