florete
Latin
Verb
flōrēte
- second-person plural present active imperative of flōreō
Old French
Alternative forms
- flurete (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
flor + -ete.
Noun
florete f (oblique plural floretes, nominative singular florete, nominative plural floretes)
- (small) flower
Descendants
- English: floret
- French: fleurette
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French fleuret (“foil”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /floˈɾe.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /floˈɾe.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fluˈɾe.t(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: flo‧re‧te
Noun
florete m (plural floretes)
- (fencing) foil
Related terms
- esgrima, sabre, espada
Spanish
Noun
florete m (plural floretes)
- (fencing) foil
Further reading
- “florete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014