name
Meaning 1
A hamlet in New York.
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Standard Lemma guide
blossom
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈblɒs.əm/
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Received-Pronunciation: [ˈblɒs.m̩]
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General-American: /ˈblɑ.səm/
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General-American: [ˈblɑ.sm̩]
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈblɔs.əm/
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Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈblɔs.m̩]
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name
Meaning 2
A city in Texas.
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name
Meaning 3
A female given name.
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Usage: rare
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noun
Meaning 4
A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The blossom has come early this year.
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noun
Meaning 5
The state or season of producing such flowers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The orchard is in blossom.
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noun
Meaning 6
A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
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Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 8
To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 9
To begin to thrive or flourish.
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Usage: intransitive
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noun
Meaning 10
reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: flower, bloom
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reproductive structure
Narrower terms: floret, floweret, apetalous flower, inflorescence, ray flower, ray floret, bud, chrysanthemum
noun
Meaning 11
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, efflorescence, flush
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
Narrower terms: golden age
verb
Meaning 12
develop or come to a promising stage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Youth blossomed into maturity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blossom out, blossom forth, unfold
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: develop
verb
Meaning 13
produce or yield flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The cherry tree bloomed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bloom, flower
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: develop
Narrower terms: effloresce, burst forth
History
Etymology
From blossom.
From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem; related to *blōstaz [compare German Blust]), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleh3-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *bhleh3- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin flōs (“flower”), Flōra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4).
Across languages
Translations
248 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: endë — flowers on trees
- Albanian: bleron — flowers on trees
- Arabic: زَهْرَة (zahra) — flowers on trees
- Armenian: ծաղիկ (caġik) — flowers on trees
- Belarusian: кве́тка (kvjétka) — flowers on trees
- Bulgarian: цвят (cvjat) — flowers on trees
- Burmese: ပွင့် (pwang.) — flowers on trees
- Catalan: flor — flowers on trees
- Chinese Mandarin: 花 (huā) — flowers on trees
- Cornish: bleujen — flowers on trees
- Czech: květ — flowers on trees
- Dutch: bloesem — flowers on trees
- Esperanto: floro — flowers on trees
- Estonian: õis — flowers on trees
- Finnish: kukat — flowers on trees
- Finnish: kukinta — flowers on trees
- French: fleur — flowers on trees
- Galician: fror — flowers on trees
- Galician: frol — flowers on trees
- Georgian: ყვავილი (q̇vavili) — flowers on trees
- German: Blüte — flowers on trees
- Greek: ανθός (anthós) — flowers on trees
- Ancient Greek: ἄνθος (ánthos) — flowers on trees
- Hebrew: פריחה — flowers on trees
- Hindi: मुकुल (mukul) — flowers on trees
- Hindi: फूल (phūl) — flowers on trees
- Hittite: 𒀀𒇷𒂖 (a-le-el) — flowers on trees
- Hungarian: virág — flowers on trees
- Italian: bocciolo — flowers on trees
- Jamaican Creole: blasam — flowers on trees
- Jamaican Creole: blazam — flowers on trees
- Japanese: 花 (haná) — flowers on trees
- Korean: 꽃 (kkot) — flowers on trees
- Kyrgyz: гүл (gül) — flowers on trees
- Latin: flōs — flowers on trees
- Luxembourgish: Bléi — flowers on trees
- Macedonian: цвет (cvet) — flowers on trees
- Māori: puanga — flowers on trees
- Māori: pua — flowers on trees
- Māori: puāwai — flowers on trees
- Mazanderani: وشکو (vëšku) — flowers on trees
- Middle English: blosme — flowers on trees
- Old English: blostma — flowers on trees
- Persian: شکوفه (šokufe) — flowers on trees
- Polish: kwiat — flowers on trees
- Portuguese: flor — flowers on trees
- Romanian: floare — flowers on trees
- Russian: цвето́к (cvetók) — flowers on trees
- Sanskrit: पुष्प (puṣpa) — flowers on trees
- Scottish Gaelic: blàth — flowers on trees
- Scottish Gaelic: dìthean — flowers on trees
- Scottish Gaelic: flùr — flowers on trees
- Serbo-Croatian: бехар — flowers on trees
- Serbo-Croatian: цвет — flowers on trees
- Serbo-Croatian: цвијет — flowers on trees
- Serbo-Croatian: цват — flowers on trees
- Serbo-Croatian: behar — flowers on trees
- Serbo-Croatian: cvet — flowers on trees
- Serbo-Croatian: cvijet — flowers on trees
- Serbo-Croatian: cvat — flowers on trees
- Sicilian: zàgara — flowers on trees
- Slovak: kvet — flowers on trees
- Slovene: cvet — flowers on trees
- Spanish: flor — flowers on trees
- Swedish: blomma — flowers on trees
- Tajik: шукуфа (šukufa) — flowers on trees
- Thai: ดอกไม้ (dɔ̀ɔk-máai) — flowers on trees
- Thai: ดอก (dɔ̀ɔk) — flowers on trees
- Tibetan: མེ་ཏོག (me tog) — flowers on trees
- Turkish: çiçek — flowers on trees
- Turkish: bahar — flowers on trees
- Ottoman Turkish: چیچك (çiçek) — flowers on trees
- Ukrainian: кві́тка (kvítka) — flowers on trees
- Ukrainian: цвіт (cvit) — flowers on trees
- Ukrainian: цвіт (cvit) — flowers on trees
- Vietnamese: bông — flowers on trees
- Zulu: imbali — flowers on trees
- Zulu: umqhakazo — flowers on trees
- Bulgarian: цъфтеж (cǎftež) — state or season for such flowers
- Catalan: floració — state or season for such flowers
- Czech: rozkvět — state or season for such flowers
- Dutch: bloesemtijd — state or season for such flowers
- Dutch: bloeitijd — state or season for such flowers
- Dutch: bloei — state or season for such flowers
- Finnish: kukinta — state or season for such flowers
- Finnish: kukinta-aika — state or season for such flowers
- French: floraison — state or season for such flowers
- Galician: galais — state or season for such flowers
- Galician: meleda — state or season for such flowers
- Galician: chora — state or season for such flowers
- Georgian: გაფურჩქვნა (gapurčkvna) — state or season for such flowers
- German: Blüte — state or season for such flowers
- Hebrew: פריחה (prikha) — state or season for such flowers
- Central Kurdish: گەش (geş) — state or season for such flowers
- Kyrgyz: гүлдөп турган маал (güldöp turgan maal) — state or season for such flowers
- Luxembourgish: Bléi — state or season for such flowers
- Macedonian: цут (cut) — state or season for such flowers
- Māori: matikaotanga — state or season for such flowers
- Old English: blostm — state or season for such flowers
- Polish: kwitnienie — state or season for such flowers
- Polish: okres kwitnienia — state or season for such flowers
- Portuguese: floração — state or season for such flowers
- Portuguese: florada — state or season for such flowers
- Russian: пери́од цветения (períod cvetenija) — state or season for such flowers
- Russian: цвете́ние (cveténije) — state or season for such flowers
- Russian: расцве́т (rascvét) — state or season for such flowers
- Russian: цвет (cvet) — state or season for such flowers
- Sicilian: nciurata — state or season for such flowers
- Sicilian: nzagarata — state or season for such flowers
- Spanish: floración — state or season for such flowers
- Swedish: blomning — state or season for such flowers
- Ukrainian: цвіті́ння (cvitínnja) — state or season for such flowers
- German: Blütezeit — blooming period or stage of development
- Russian: расцве́т (rascvét) — blooming period or stage of development
- Ukrainian: ро́зквіт (rózkvit) — blooming period or stage of development
- Urdu: کھلنا (khilnā) — blooming period or stage of development
- Amharic: አበበ (ʾäbäbä) — have or open into blossoms
- Arabic: زَهَرَ (zahara) — have or open into blossoms
- Armenian: բողբոջել (boġboǰel) — have or open into blossoms
- Assamese: ফুলা (phula) — have or open into blossoms
- Azerbaijani: çiçəkləmək — have or open into blossoms
- Azerbaijani: çiçək açmaq — have or open into blossoms
- Belarusian: цвісці́ (cviscí) — have or open into blossoms
- Bulgarian: цъ́фвам (cǎ́fvam) — have or open into blossoms
- Bulgarian: цъфтя́ (cǎftjá) — have or open into blossoms
- Burmese: ပန်းပွင့် (pan:pwang.) — have or open into blossoms
- Catalan: florir — have or open into blossoms
- Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎦ (atsilvsga) — have or open into blossoms
- Chinese Mandarin: 開花 /开花 (kāihuā) — have or open into blossoms
- Chinese Mandarin: 開 /开 (kāi) — have or open into blossoms
- Chinese Mandarin: 綻放 /绽放 (zhànfàng) — have or open into blossoms
- Cornish: bleujyowa — have or open into blossoms
- Czech: kvést — have or open into blossoms
- Dutch: bloeien — have or open into blossoms
- Dutch: bloesemen — have or open into blossoms
- Esperanto: flori — have or open into blossoms
- Finnish: kukkia — have or open into blossoms
- Finnish: puhjeta — have or open into blossoms
- French: fleurir — have or open into blossoms
- Friulian: florî — have or open into blossoms
- Galician: frorecer — have or open into blossoms
- Galician: frolear — have or open into blossoms
- Galician: choridar — have or open into blossoms
- Galician: esbrochar — have or open into blossoms
- Galician: chorir — have or open into blossoms
- Georgian: ყვავის (q̇vavis) — have or open into blossoms
- Georgian: იფურჩქნება (ipurčkneba) — have or open into blossoms
- German: blühen — have or open into blossoms
- German: erblühen — have or open into blossoms
- German: blüeje — have or open into blossoms
- Greek: ανθίζω (anthízo) — have or open into blossoms
- Ancient Greek: ἀνθέω (anthéō) — have or open into blossoms
- Haitian Creole: fleri — have or open into blossoms
- Hindi: खिलना (khilnā) — have or open into blossoms
- Hungarian: virágzik — have or open into blossoms
- Italian: fiorire — have or open into blossoms
- Japanese: 咲く (saku) — have or open into blossoms
- Jeju: 피다 (pida) — have or open into blossoms
- Kazakh: гүлдену (güldenu) — have or open into blossoms
- Kazakh: гүлдеу (güldeu) — have or open into blossoms
- Khmer: ផ្កា (phkaa) — have or open into blossoms
- Korean: 피다 (pida) — have or open into blossoms
- Central Kurdish: پشکووتن (pişkûtin) — have or open into blossoms
- Kyrgyz: гүлдө (güldö) — have or open into blossoms
- Kyrgyz: гүлдөө (güldöö) — have or open into blossoms
- Ladino: enfloreser — have or open into blossoms
- Latin: flōreō — have or open into blossoms
- Luxembourgish: bléien — have or open into blossoms
- Luxembourgish: floréieren — have or open into blossoms
- Macedonian: цути (cuti) — have or open into blossoms
- Malayalam: പുഷ്പിക്കുക (puṣpikkuka) — have or open into blossoms
- Māori: manahua — have or open into blossoms
- Māori: ngawhā — have or open into blossoms
- Māori: pua — have or open into blossoms
- Māori: matikao — have or open into blossoms
- Māori: puāwai — have or open into blossoms
- Marathi: फुलणे (phulṇe) — have or open into blossoms
- Mauritian Creole: fleri — have or open into blossoms
- Middle English: blosmen — have or open into blossoms
- Norwegian Bokmål: blomstre — have or open into blossoms
- Norwegian Nynorsk: blomstre — have or open into blossoms
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bløme — have or open into blossoms
- Old English: blōwan — have or open into blossoms
- Persian: شکفتن (šekoftan) — have or open into blossoms
- Polish: kwitnąć — have or open into blossoms
- Portuguese: desabrochar — have or open into blossoms
- Portuguese: florir — have or open into blossoms
- Portuguese: florescer — have or open into blossoms
- Quechua: t'ikay — have or open into blossoms
- Quechua: waytay — have or open into blossoms
- Romanian: înflori — have or open into blossoms
- Russian: цвести́ (cvestí) — have or open into blossoms
- Russian: расцвета́ть (rascvetátʹ) — have or open into blossoms
- Russian: расцвести́ (rascvestí) — have or open into blossoms
- Serbo-Croatian: цветати — have or open into blossoms
- Serbo-Croatian: цвјетати — have or open into blossoms
- Serbo-Croatian: cvetati — have or open into blossoms
- Serbo-Croatian: cvjetati — have or open into blossoms
- Sicilian: ciuriri — have or open into blossoms
- Sicilian: nzagarari — have or open into blossoms
- Slovak: kvitnúť — have or open into blossoms
- Slovene: cveteti — have or open into blossoms
- Spanish: florecer — have or open into blossoms
- Swedish: blomma — have or open into blossoms
- Swedish: blomstra — have or open into blossoms
- Tajik: шукуфтан (šukuftan) — have or open into blossoms
- Thai: บาน (baan) — have or open into blossoms
- Turkish: çiçek açmak — have or open into blossoms
- Turkish: çiçeklenmek — have or open into blossoms
- Ottoman Turkish: چیچكلنمك (çiçeklenmek) — have or open into blossoms
- Ukrainian: цвісти́ (cvistý) — have or open into blossoms
- Ukrainian: кві́тнути (kvítnuty) — have or open into blossoms
- Ukrainian: розцвіта́ти (rozcvitáty) — have or open into blossoms
- Ukrainian: розцвісти́ (rozcvistý) — have or open into blossoms
- Ukrainian: розквіта́ти (rozkvitáty) — have or open into blossoms
- Ukrainian: розкві́тнути (rozkvítnuty) — have or open into blossoms
- Unami: òtaèwi — have or open into blossoms
- Urdu: کھلنا (khilnā) — have or open into blossoms
- Uzbek: gullamoq — have or open into blossoms
- Vietnamese: nở — have or open into blossoms
- Volapük: florön — have or open into blossoms
- Yoruba: tanná — have or open into blossoms
- Armenian: բողբոջել (boġboǰel) — begin to thrive or flourish
- Bulgarian: разцъфтявам (razcǎftjavam) — begin to thrive or flourish
- Farefare: puuge — begin to thrive or flourish
- Finnish: kukoistaa — begin to thrive or flourish
- French: s'épanouir — begin to thrive or flourish
- Georgian: ყვავის (q̇vavis) — begin to thrive or flourish
- Georgian: იფურჩქნება (ipurčkneba) — begin to thrive or flourish
- German: blühen — begin to thrive or flourish
- German: aufblühen — begin to thrive or flourish
- Ancient Greek: ἀνθέω (anthéō) — begin to thrive or flourish
- Central Kurdish: گەشانەوە (geşanewe) — begin to thrive or flourish
- Latin: flōreō — begin to thrive or flourish
- Luxembourgish: bléien — begin to thrive or flourish
- Luxembourgish: opbléien — begin to thrive or flourish
- Māori: ngaruru — begin to thrive or flourish
- Middle English: blosmen — begin to thrive or flourish
- Norwegian Bokmål: blomstre — begin to thrive or flourish
- Norwegian Nynorsk: blomstre — begin to thrive or flourish
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bløme — begin to thrive or flourish
- Portuguese: florescer — begin to thrive or flourish
- Portuguese: prosperar — begin to thrive or flourish
- Russian: расцвета́ть (rascvetátʹ) — begin to thrive or flourish
- Russian: расцвести́ (rascvestí) — begin to thrive or flourish
- Sicilian: aggigghiari — begin to thrive or flourish
- Swedish: blomstra — begin to thrive or flourish
- Volapük: florön — begin to thrive or flourish
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