floral
English
Etymology
From French floral, from Latin flōrālis, from flōs (“flower”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfloɹəl/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈflɔːɹəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl
- Rhymes: -ɒɹəl
Adjective
floral (comparative more floral, superlative most floral)
- Of, pertaining to, or connected with flowers.
- floral arrangement
- floral tribute
- Portraying flowers, especially in a stylized way.
- Really, I like the floral pattern on this Chinese vase.
- floral motif
Derived terms
- bifloral
- extrafloral
- florality
- floralize
- florally
- floralness
- floral white
- interfloral
- intrafloral
- macrofloral
- microfloral
- monofloral
- multifloral
- mycofloral
- nonfloral
- polyfloral
- subfloral
- trifloral
- unfloral
Related terms
- flora
- florate
Translations
of or pertaining to flowers
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portraying flowers
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Noun
floral (plural florals)
- A design involving flowers
- 2007 October 11, Marianne Rohrlich, “Grandma’s Wallpaper Gets Funky”, in New York Times:
- FUNKY, bold and bright, many new wallpapers offer a modern twist on fussy old damasks and florals.
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- A perfume redolent of flowers
Anagrams
- all for, for all
Asturian
Adjective
floral (epicene, plural florales)
- floral (of or pertaining to flowers)
Related terms
- flor
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /floˈɾal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /fluˈɾal/
Adjective
floral (masculine and feminine plural florals)
- floral
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flɔ.ʁal/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -al
Adjective
floral (feminine florale, masculine plural floraux, feminine plural florales)
- floral
Further reading
- “floral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
floral (strong nominative masculine singular floraler, not comparable)
- floral
Declension
Positive forms of floral (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist floral | sie ist floral | es ist floral | sie sind floral | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | floraler | florale | florales | florale |
genitive | floralen | floraler | floralen | floraler | |
dative | floralem | floraler | floralem | floralen | |
accusative | floralen | florale | florales | florale | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der florale | die florale | das florale | die floralen |
genitive | des floralen | der floralen | des floralen | der floralen | |
dative | dem floralen | der floralen | dem floralen | den floralen | |
accusative | den floralen | die florale | das florale | die floralen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein floraler | eine florale | ein florales | (keine) floralen |
genitive | eines floralen | einer floralen | eines floralen | (keiner) floralen | |
dative | einem floralen | einer floralen | einem floralen | (keinen) floralen | |
accusative | einen floralen | eine florale | ein florales | (keine) floralen |
Further reading
- “floral” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “floral” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French floral.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /floʁal/
Adjective
floral
- floral
Related terms
- fler
- fleri
- fleris
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /floˈɾaw/ [floˈɾaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fluˈɾal/ [fluˈɾaɫ]
- Rhymes: -al, -aw
- Hyphenation: flo‧ral
Adjective
floral m or f (plural florais, not comparable)
- floral
Romanian
Etymology
From French floral.
Adjective
floral m or n (feminine singular florală, masculine plural florali, feminine and neuter plural florale)
- floral
Declension
Declension of floral
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | floral | florală | florali | florale | ||
definite | floralul | florala | floralii | floralele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | floral | florale | florali | florale | ||
definite | floralului | floralei | floralilor | floralelor |
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin flōrālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /floˈɾal/ [floˈɾal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: flo‧ral
Adjective
floral (plural florales)
- (relational) flower; floral (of or relating to the flower or flowers)
Related terms
- flor
- florear
- florecer
- florería
- florero
- florido
- florista
- floristería
Further reading
- “floral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014