Standard Lemma guide
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.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
A female given name from French in quiet use since the 1920s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
fleur-de-lis
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
French fleur (“flower”), name of a character in Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga.
An ellipsis of fleur-de-lis from French fleur (“flower”). Doublet of flor, flour, and flower.
