floret
English
Florets of a sunflower
Alternative forms
- florette
Etymology
From Old French florete, diminutive of flor (“flower”). Doublet of fleuret and floweret.
Noun
floret (plural florets)
- A small flower, especially one of a cluster in a composite flower.
Synonyms
- floweret
Translations
small flower
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Anagrams
- Lefort, forlet, lofter, torfel
Catalan
Etymology
From Italian fioretto.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /floˈɾət/
- (Central) IPA(key): /fluˈɾɛt/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /floˈɾet/
Noun
floret m (plural florets)
- (fencing) foil
Further reading
- “floret” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “floret”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “floret” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “floret” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
floret f (plural floretten, diminutive floretje n)
- (fencing) foil
Latin
Verb
flōret
- third-person singular present active indicative of flōreō
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Florett, from French fleuret, from Italian fioretto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflɔ.rɛt/
- Rhymes: -ɔrɛt
- Syllabification: flo‧ret
Noun
floret m inan
- (fencing) foil
Declension
Declension of floret
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | floret | florety |
| genitive | floretu | floretów |
| dative | floretowi | floretom |
| accusative | floret | florety |
| instrumental | floretem | floretami |
| locative | florecie | floretach |
| vocative | florecie | florety |
Derived terms
adjective
- floretowy
nouns
- florecista
- florecistka
Further reading
- floret in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- floret in Polish dictionaries at PWN