Meanings
plural petals
- euphemisticfamiliarThe labia (majora).
Dawn held her breath, fearing he'd notice the slight protrusion where her babe rested beneath her heart, but he barely paused as his mouth found the tiny jewel hidden within the dewy petals of her sex.
1999, Connie Mason, chapter 19, in Shadow Walker, Leisure Books, page 362Synonyms: beef curtains, beef flaps, cunt lips, fanny flaps, labes, lips, lower lips, meat curtains
- Term of endearment.
She is freezing cold. Sputtering. Big eyes wide and wet and red. Too shocked even to cry. 'It's okay, petal, it's okay.'
2011, Jo Baker, The Picture Book - geometryA lobe of a rose (geometric shape).
present singular third person petals · US participle present petaling · UK participle present petalling · US participle past petaled · US past petaled · UK participle past petalled · UK past petalled
- ambitransitiveTo spread out from, like the petals of a flower
With his forefinger, he curled one of the ringlets that petaled against Malou's forehead.
2014, Tory Cates, Different Dreams, page 1692 more examples
anger against the men who had burdened her body with a lead shield of detestation for its blood, let loose without her will and its need against which she clenched her knees to her growing breasts, trying to clasp deep away from her hand that new soft wedge of hair, those lips that petaled out to her dreams.
1980, Thomas Alan Broughton, Winter Journey, page 133In the park adjacent to the library, following a winding path, she saw ahead a fountain surrounded by a reflecting pool, and she walked to it and sat on one of the benches facing the water that flowered up in numerous thin streams, petaling the air with silver droplets.
2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 37
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe labia (majora).
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*peth₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*pet-
- Proto-Hellenic*pétalos
- Ancient Greekπέταλον (pétalon)
- Englishpetal
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon), from πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”), from Proto-Hellenic *pétalos, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”), whence Latin pandō and Proto-Germanic *faþmaz (“embrace”) (English fathom).
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Afrikaans kroonblaar
- kroonblaarone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Arabic بَتَلَة, تُوَيْجَة
- بَتَلَة (batala)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
- تُوَيْجَة (tuwayja)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
- تُوَيْجِيَّة (tuwayjiyya)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Basque lore-hosto
- lore-hostoone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Bengali পাপড়ি
- পাপড়ি (papoṛi)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Bulgarian венчелист
- венчелист (venčelist)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Catalan pètal
- pètalone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Chinese Mandarin 花瓣
- 花瓣 (huābàn)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Czech okvětní lístek
- okvětní lístekone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Danish kronblad
- kronbladone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Dutch kroonblad, bloemblaadje
- kroonbladone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
- bloemblaadjeone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
- petaalone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
- petalumone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Esperanto petalo
- petaloone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Estonian kroonlehed
- kroonlehedone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Finnish terälehti
- terälehtione of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
French pétale
- pétaleone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
German Blütenblatt, Kronblatt
- Blütenblattone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
- Kronblattone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Greek πέταλο
- πέταλο (pétalo)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Hawaiian lihi
- lihione of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Hebrew עלי כותרת
- עלי כותרת (alai koteret)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Hindi पंखुड़ी, पंखड़ी
- पंखुड़ी (paṅkhuṛī)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
- पंखड़ी (paṅkhṛī)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Hungarian szirom
- sziromone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Icelandic krónublað
- krónublaðone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Indonesian mahkota bunga
- mahkota bungaone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Irish peiteal
- peitealone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Italian petalo
- petaloone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Japanese 花弁, 花びら
- 花弁 (kaben)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
- 花びら (hanabira)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Korean 꽃잎
- 꽃잎 (kkonnip)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Latin folium
- foliumone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Latvian ziedlapa
- ziedlapaone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Lithuanian vainiklapis
- vainiklapisone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Malay kelopak
- kelopakone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Māori rau pua
- rau puaone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Norwegian Bokmål kronblad
- kronbladone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Persian گلبرگ
- گلبرگ (golbarg)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Polish płatek, płatek korony
- płatekone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
- płatek koronyone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Portuguese pétala
- pétalaone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Romanian petală
- petalăone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Russian лепесто́к
- лепесто́к (lepestók)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Slovak okvetné lístok
- okvetné lístokone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Spanish pétalo
- pétaloone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Swahili petali
- petalione of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Swedish kronblad, blomblad
- kronbladone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
- blombladone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Tagalog talulot
- talulotone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Thai กลีบ, กลีบดอก
- กลีบ (glìip)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
- กลีบดอก (glìip-dɔ̀ɔk)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
- กลีบดอกไม้ (glìip-dɔ̀ɔk-máai)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Turkish taç yaprak
- taç yaprakone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Ukrainian пелю́стка
- пелю́стка (peljústka)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Urdu پَن٘کُھڑی
- پَن٘کُھڑی (pankhuṛī)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Vietnamese cánh hoa, cánh
- cánh hoaone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
- cánhone of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
Yiddish קרוינבלעטל
- קרוינבלעטל (kroynbletl)one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
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petal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petal
“petal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “petal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petal.
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