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floral

adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈfloɹəl/
  • UK: /ˈflɔːɹəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔːɹəl
  • rhymes with -ɒɹəl
  • CMU ARPABET: F L AO1 R AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, pertaining to, or connected with flowers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • floral arrangement
  • floral tribute

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Portraying flowers, especially in a stylized way.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A design involving flowers

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A perfume redolent of flowers

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

of or relating to the plant life in a particular region

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • characteristic alpine floral elements

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective

Meaning 6

relating to or associated with flowers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • floral organs

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an unusual floral design

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flowered

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: lulor — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Amharic: አበባማ (ʾäbäbama) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Arabic: زَهْرِيّ (zahriyy) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Armenian: ծաղկային (caġkayin) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Asturian: floral — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Belarusian: кве́ткавы (kvjétkavy) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Belarusian: кве́тачны (kvjétačny) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Bulgarian: цве́тен (cvéten) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Catalan: floral — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花的 (huā de) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花卉的 (huāhuì de) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Corsican: fiorale — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Corsican: fiurale — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Corsican: fiureale — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Corsican: flurale — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Czech: květinový — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Esperanto: flora — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Finnish: kukka- — of or pertaining to flowers
  • French: floral — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Friulian: floreâl — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Galician: floral — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Georgian: ყვავილისა (q̇vavilisa) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Georgian: საყვავილე (saq̇vavile) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • German: floral — of or pertaining to flowers
  • German: Blumen- — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Greek: άνθινος (ánthinos) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Greek: ανθικός (anthikós) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνθικός (anthikós) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Ancient Greek: ἄνθινος (ánthinos) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Hungarian: virágos — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Irish: bláthach — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Italian: floreale — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Japanese: 花の (hana no) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Korean: 꽃의 (kkoch-ui) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Latin: flōrālis — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Latvian: puķains — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Macedonian: цветен (cveten) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Mauritian Creole: floral — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Piedmontese: fioral — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Polish: kwiatowy — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Portuguese: floral — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Romanian: floral — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Russian: цвето́чный (cvetóčnyj) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Serbo-Croatian: цвѐтнӣ — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Serbo-Croatian: цвјѐтнӣ — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Serbo-Croatian: cvètnī — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Serbo-Croatian: cvjètnī — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Slovak: kvetinový — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Slovene: cvetličen — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Spanish: floral — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Swedish: blom- — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Swedish: blomster- — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Ukrainian: квіткови́й (kvitkovýj) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Ukrainian: кві́тчаний (kvítčanyj) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Yiddish: בלומיק (blumik) — of or pertaining to flowers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花卉的 (huāhuì de) — portraying flowers
  • Finnish: kukkais- — portraying flowers
  • Finnish: kukka- — portraying flowers
  • German: floral — portraying flowers
  • Hungarian: virágmintás — portraying flowers
  • Latvian: puķains — portraying flowers
  • Romanian: floral — portraying flowers
  • Russian: цвето́чный (cvetóčnyj) — portraying flowers
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