floreal

See also: Floreal, floréal, and Floréal

English

Etymology

From Latin flōreus +‎ -al.

Adjective

floreal (comparative more floreal, superlative most floreal)

  1. (poetic) floral; flowery
    • 1879, Rosa Fairfax Costley, Fantasma: And Other Poems, page 281:
      Give me peace — and the rest as thou willest! / Choose thou my new floreal dwelling, / From plants of the forest or field, / By stream or by fountain up-welling.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French floréal, equivalent to flor +‎ -eal.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /flo.ɾeˈaw/ [flo.ɾeˈaʊ̯], /flo.ɾiˈaw/ [flo.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /floˈɾjaw/ [floˈɾjaʊ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /flo.ɾeˈaw/ [flo.ɾeˈaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fluˈɾjal/ [fluˈɾjaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /fluˈɾja.li/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: flo‧re‧al

Noun

floreal m (plural floreais)

  1. (historical) Floréal (the eighth month of the French Republican Calendar, from April 20 or 21 to May 19 or 20)

Adjective

floreal m or f (plural floreais)

  1. (relational) synonym of floral

Derived terms

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French floréal.

Noun

floreal n (uncountable)

  1. Floréal

Declension

Declension of floreal
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative floreal florealul
genitive-dative floreal florealului
vocative florealule

Spanish

Noun

floreal m (plural floreales)

  1. Floréal

Further reading

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