| anglais > français | |
| flower | |
| 1. n. (Botanique) Fleur. | |
| 2. v. Fleurir. | |
| anglais > anglais | |
| flower | |
| 1. n. A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction. |  |
| 2. n. (botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil. |  |
| 3. n. A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood. |  |
| We transplanted the flowers to a larger pot. |  |
| 4. n. (usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms. |  |
| The dogwoods are in flower this week. |  |
| 5. n. (euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora. |  |
| 6. n. The best examples or representatives of a group. |  |
| We selected the flower of the applicants. |  |
| 7. n. The best state of things; the prime. |  |
| She was in the flower of her life. |  |
| 8. n. (obsolete) Flour. |  |
| 9. n. (in the chemistry, obsolete) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation. |  |
| the flowers of sulphur |  |
| 10. n. A figure of speech; an ornament of style. |  |
| 11. n. (printing) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc. |  |
| 12. n. (in the plural) Menstrual discharges. |  |
| 13. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To put forth blooms. |  |
| This plant flowers in June. |  |
| 14. v. (lbl, en, transitive) To decorate with pictures of flowers. |  |
| 15. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To reach a state of full development or achievement. |  |
| 16. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer. |  |
| 17. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To come off as flowers by sublimation. |  |
| 18. n. (rare) Something that flows, such as a river. |  |
| français > anglais | |
| fleur | |
| 1. n-f. (botany) flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants") |  |
| Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. - I went to pick a flower in the fields. |  |
| Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. - He offered me magnificent flowers. |  |
| 2. n-f. (metonymy) flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself |  |
| Les orchidées sont des fleurs recherchées. - Orchids are sought-after flowers. |  |
| 3. n-f. (figuratively) a kind favor given by one person to another |  |
| Il m’a fait une fleur. - He gave me a kind favor. |  |
| 4. n-f. (figuratively) the best of something |  |
| Voici la fine fleur de la jeunesse française. - Here's the cream of the crop of French youth. |  |
| Mourir à la fleur de l’âge. - to die in the prime of life |  |
| 5. n-f. (metaphor) the virginity of a woman |  |
| Fleurs de soufre, de zinc, d’arsenic, d’antimoine. - refinements of sulfur, zinc, arsenic, antimony |  |