frol
Extremaduran
Etymology
From Latin florem, accusative form of flos (“flower”). Cognate with Italian fiore, French fleur, Spanish flor and Portuguese flor
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fɾol]
Noun
frol
- flower
Quotations
- Almira mas l'obra la naturaleza
- Que no la hecha pol ombri
- Bella es la frol el cirgüelu
- Mas pol frol
- Que pol vela el ombri abrilsi "Valdelacalzada en flor" in Youtube, Ismael Carmona García's poem
Mirandese
Etymology
From Latin flōs, flōrem.
Noun
frol
- flower
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese frol, either a metathesis of flor[1] or a dissimilation of fror[2], from Latin flōs, floris, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɾɔɫ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾɔw/
- Hyphenation: frol
Noun
frol m (plural fróis)
- (dialectal) Alternative form of flor
- water foam
References
- Dicionário Aulete
- 1932, Antenor Nascentes, Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa, volume 1.