florete
Latin
Verb
flōrēte
- second-person plural present active imperative of flōreō
Old French
Alternative forms
- flurete (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
Noun
florete oblique singular, f (oblique plural floretes, nominative singular florete, nominative plural floretes)
- (small) flower
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French fleuret (“foil”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /floˈɾe.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /floˈɾe.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fluˈɾe.tɨ/
- Hyphenation: flo‧re‧te
Noun
florete m (plural floretes)
Related terms
Further reading
- “florete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “florete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /floˈɾete/ [floˈɾe.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: flo‧re‧te
Noun
florete m (plural floretes)
Further reading
- “florete”, 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