Etymology

fleur

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French fleur
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fleur · noun1

  1. French · borrowed fromfleur“flower”
  2. English todayfleur

An ellipsis of fleur-de-lis from French fleur (“flower”). Doublet of flor, flour, and flower.

Fleur · proper noun2

  1. French · derived fromfleur“flower”
  2. English todayFleur

French fleur (“flower”), name of a character in Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga.

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