florir

• fllorir (Ribagorçan)

From Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre.

• IPA^(key): /floˈɾi(ɾ)/
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
• Syllabification: flo‧rir

florir

1. flourish, bloom

• florer, fllorer
• floreixer, flloreixer
• floriar, flloriar

• “florecer”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Inherited from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fluˈɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [floˈɾiɾ]

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florir (first-person singular present floreixo, first-person singular preterite florí, past participle florit)

1. to bloom, to blossom, to flower
2. to become mouldy/moldy

• flor

• “florir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “florir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “florir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “florir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Alternative form of fleurir.

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florir

1. to flourish, to be prosperous

   Synonym: fleurir

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

• “florir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old Occitan florir, from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre.

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florir

1. to flower

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• flor/flour

From Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōreō.

florir

1. (of a plant) to blossom; to bloom
2. (figuratively) to flourish; to bloom
   • c. 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:

     « Dex !, qui est cist an cui si granz biautez florist? [»]

     "God! Who is this in whom such beauty blossoms?"

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• flor

• Middle French: florir, fleurir (influenced by fleur "flower")
  • French: fleurir
• Norman: flieuthi
• Walloon: florir
• → Middle English:
  • floryschen
    • English: flourish
    • Scots: flourish
  • flouren
    • English: flower, flour
    • Scots: flour

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “florēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 629

Ultimately from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre. The /fl-/ renders a direct inheritance uncertain.

• Hyphenation: flo‧rir

florir (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite flori, past participle florido)

1. to flower; to blossom (to put forth blooms)

   Synonyms: florescer, desabrochar, abrir, florejar

   Antonyms: desflorescer, desflorir, murchar

2. to adorn with flowers

   Synonyms: florescer, enflorar, florear, floretear, florejar