floral

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US/ˈfloɹəl/UK/ˈflɔːɹəl/

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or connected with flowers.

“floral motif”

Meanings

adjectivefloral (comparative more floral, superlative most floral)

comparative more floral · superlative most floral

  1. Of, pertaining to, or connected with flowers.

    floral tribute

    1 more example

    floral arrangement

  2. Portraying flowers, especially in a stylized way.

    floral motif

    1 more example

    Really, I like the floral pattern on this Chinese vase.

nounfloral (plural florals)

plural florals

  1. A design involving flowers

    FUNKY, bold and bright, many new wallpapers offer a modern twist on fussy old damasks and florals.

    2007 October 11, Marianne Rohrlich, “Grandma’s Wallpaper Gets Funky”, in New York Times
  2. A perfume redolent of flowers

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveresembling or made of or suggestive of flowers

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinflōrālis
  2. Frenchfloral
  3. Englishfloral

From French floral, from Latin flōrālis, from flōs (“flower”).

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀνθικός, ἄνθινος
  • ἀνθικός (anthikós)of or pertaining to flowers
  • ἄνθινος (ánthinos)of or pertaining to flowers
Arabic زَهْرِيّ
  • زَهْرِيّ (zahriyy)of or pertaining to flowers
Bulgarian цве́тен
  • цве́тен (cvéten)of or pertaining to flowers
Catalan floral
  • floralof or pertaining to flowers
Chinese Mandarin 花的, 花卉的
  • 花的 (huā de)of or pertaining to flowers
  • 花卉的 (huāhuì de)of or pertaining to flowers
  • 花卉的 (huāhuì de)portraying flowers
Czech květinový
  • květinovýof or pertaining to flowers
Esperanto flora
  • floraof or pertaining to flowers
Finnish kukka-, kukkais-
  • kukka-of or pertaining to flowers
  • kukkais-portraying flowers
  • kukka-portraying flowers
French floral
  • floralof or pertaining to flowers
German floral, Blumen-
  • floralof or pertaining to flowers
  • Blumen-of or pertaining to flowers
  • floralportraying flowers
Greek άνθινος, ανθικός
  • άνθινος (ánthinos)of or pertaining to flowers
  • ανθικός (anthikós)of or pertaining to flowers
Hungarian virágos, virágmintás
  • virágosof or pertaining to flowers
  • virágmintásportraying flowers
Irish bláthach
  • bláthachof or pertaining to flowers
Italian floreale
  • florealeof or pertaining to flowers
Japanese 花の
  • 花の (hana no)of or pertaining to flowers
Korean 꽃의
  • 꽃의 (kkoch-ui)of or pertaining to flowers
Latin flōrālis
  • flōrālisof or pertaining to flowers
Latvian puķains, puķains
  • puķainsof or pertaining to flowers
  • puķainsportraying flowers
Polish kwiatowy
  • kwiatowyof or pertaining to flowers
Portuguese floral
  • floralof or pertaining to flowers
Romanian floral, floral
  • floralof or pertaining to flowers
  • floralportraying flowers
Russian цвето́чный, цвето́чный
  • цвето́чный (cvetóčnyj)of or pertaining to flowers
  • цвето́чный (cvetóčnyj)portraying flowers
Slovak kvetinový
  • kvetinovýof or pertaining to flowers
Spanish floral
  • floralof or pertaining to flowers
Swedish blom-, blomster-
  • blom-of or pertaining to flowers
  • blomster-of or pertaining to flowers
Ukrainian квіткови́й, кві́тчаний
  • квіткови́й (kvitkovýj)of or pertaining to flowers
  • кві́тчаний (kvítčanyj)of or pertaining to flowers
Yiddish בלומיק
  • בלומיק (blumik)of or pertaining to flowers

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with floral

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Cite this entry
APA

floral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floral

MLA

“floral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floral. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “floral,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floral.

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