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Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh fflwr, from Middle English flour (“flower, flour”), from Anglo-Norman flur, from Latin flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, bloom”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fflŵr m (plural fflwrau or fflwrs, not mutable)
- (uncountable, South Wales) flour, meal
- Synonyms: blawd, can, paill
- (countable, South Wales, colloquial) flower
- Synonym: blodyn
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “fflŵr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies