flores

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See also: Flores, florès, and flôres

Asturian

Noun

flores

  1. plural of flor

Galician

Noun

flores

  1. plural of flor

Interlingua

Noun

flores

  1. plural of flor

Latin

Noun

flōrēs

  1. nominative/vocative/accusative plural of flōs

Verb

flōrēs

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of flōreō

References

Middle English

Noun

flores

  1. plural of flor

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin flōrēs (flowers).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɔ.rɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrɛs
  • Syllabification: flo‧res

Noun

flores m inan

  1. (dated, usually in the plural) garland, decoration; flourish (ornamentation)
    Synonyms: labry, kwiecie
    • 1698, Adam Korczyński, Wizerunek złocistej przyjaźnią zdrady, Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, published 1949, page 53, lines 320–322:
      Nieraz jej zadumane słupem oko stanie,
      Nieraz sie błędny klocek pomyli w floresie,
      Za co niewinną napaść małżonek odniesie,
       .
      .]
      Sometimes her thoughtful eye stands still,
      Sometimes a miscreant will make a mistake in the flourish,
      For which a spouse will suffer an innocent assault,
       .
    • 1881, Ignacy Chodźko, Podania litewskie. Ser. 1-4 ; Dwie konwersacye ; Próby nowego dykcionarza, page 107:
      starsze dziéwki i matule rozbierały skwapliwie na zapas i na gościńce dla pozostałych w domu szerokie jak łopaty pierniki w różne złocone na wierzchu floresy ozdobne.
      older girls and mothers eagerly undressed gingerbread as wide as shovels with various gilded decorative flourishes on top, for storage and on the highways for the rest of the house.
    • 1888, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Nad Niemnem:
      Z małego ganku, gzymsem w grube floresy wyrzeźbionym otoczonego, widać było ciemnawą sionkę, .
      From a small porch, with a cornice carved in thick flourishes surrounded by it, one could see a darkish vestibule, .
    • 1951 , Michał Bałucki, Pańskie dziady. Powieść, Warszawa: Czytelnik, page 77:
      miał Linowski wykończyć dla jednej z protektorek swoich kapliczkę wyrzynaną z pudełek od cygar, za pomocą cieniutkiej piłeczki, w różne arabeski i floresy.
      Linowski was still to finish for one of his patronesses a shrine carved out of cigar boxes, using a thin ball, in various arabesques and flourishes.
    • 1953, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Pamiętnik panicza, Warszawa: Czytelnik, page 158:
      Na suficie było koło i floresy, ...
      There were circles and flourishes on the ceiling, ...
    • 2005 October 1, Michał Rożek, “Puzyna kontra Wyspiański”, in Dziennik Polski, Kraków: Jagiellonia, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      Na sklepieniu ujawniły się floresy, zwoje fantastyczne, łby gryfów, ptaki, maskary, główki skrzydlate, kosze z owocami w barwach bladych, dalekich lat przynoszących do nas piękno i tchnienie.
      The vault revealed flourishes, fantasy scrolls, griffin heads, birds, mascaras, winged heads, baskets of fruit in the colours of pale, distant years bringing beauty and breath to us.

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Portuguese

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Noun

flores

  1. plural of flor

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfloɾes/
  • Rhymes: -oɾes
  • Syllabification: flo‧res

Noun

flores f pl

  1. plural of flor
  2. (rare) menstruation

Verb

flores

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of florar