floral

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfloɹəl/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈflɔːɹəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl
• Rhymes: -ɒɹəl

floral (comparative more floral, superlative most floral)

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

   floral arrangement

   floral tribute

2. Portraying flowers, especially in a stylized way.

   floral motif

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

floral (plural florals)

1. A design involving flowers
   • 2007 October 11, Marianne Rohrlich, “Grandma’s Wallpaper Gets Funky”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

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

2. A perfume redolent of flowers

• all for, for all

floral (epicene, plural florales)

1. floral (of or pertaining to flowers)

• flor

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fluˈɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [floˈɾal]

floral m or f (masculine and feminine plural florals)

1. floral

Learned borrowing from Latin flōrālis, from flōs (“flower”) (whence fleur).

• IPA^(key): /flɔ.ʁal/

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• Rhymes: -al

floral (feminine florale, masculine plural floraux, feminine plural florales)

1. floral

   des motifs floraux ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -aːl

floral (strong nominative masculine singular floraler, not comparable)

1. floral

• “floral” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “floral” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

From French floral.

• IPA^(key): /floɰal/

floral

1. floral

• fler
• fleri
• fleris

Borrowed from Latin flōrālis, from flōs (“flower”). By surface analysis, flor +‎ -al.

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: flo‧ral

floral m or f (plural florais, not comparable)

1. floral

   Um vestido floral. ― A floral dress.

• “floral”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “floral”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “floral”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French floral.

floral m or n (feminine singular florală, masculine plural florali, feminine/neuter plural florale)

1. floral

Borrowed from Latin flōrālis.

• IPA^(key): /floˈɾal/ [floˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: flo‧ral

floral m or f (masculine and feminine plural florales)

1. (relational) flower; floral (of or relating to the flower or flowers)

• “floral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025