Meanings
nounfleuron (plural fleurons)
plural fleurons
- architectureThe small decorative flower at the centre of each side of a Corinthian abacus; a flos.
- mediaA decorative typographic element, used to separate passages or simply for decoration. Often doubled, e.g. 🙚 🙘 or 🙘🙚, or combined with other fleurons into a short line.
Fleurons include ❦, 🙐, 🙘, 🙠, 🙨, ☘, 🙬, 🕊, ✾, 𐡷, 𐫱.
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Origin
- Old Frenchfloron“flower”
- Englishfleuron
From Old French floron (“flower”), spelling later changed to match modern French fleuron.
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APA
fleuron. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleuron
MLA
“fleuron.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleuron. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fleuron,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleuron.
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