floriography

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌflɔːɹiˈɒɡɹəfi/
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• General-American: /ˌflɒɹiˈɑɡɹəfi/
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• rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi
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From Latin flōris + English -o- + -graphy (suffix indicating something represented in the specified manner). Flōris is the genitive singular of flōs (“blossom, flower”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bhleh3- (“blossom, flower”).

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: blommetaal — communication through the use of flowers
• Armenian: ֆլորիոգրաֆիա (floriografia) — communication through the use of flowers
• Chinese Cantonese: 花語 /花语 (faa1 jyu5) — communication through the use of flowers
• Chinese Mandarin: 花語 /花语 (huāyǔ) — communication through the use of flowers
• Czech: květomluva — communication through the use of flowers
• Esperanto: florlingvo — communication through the use of flowers
• Finnish: kukkaiskieli — communication through the use of flowers
• French: langage des fleurs — communication through the use of flowers
• German: Blumensprache — communication through the use of flowers
• Indonesian: bahasa bunga — communication through the use of flowers
• Italian: linguaggio dei fiori — communication through the use of flowers
• Japanese: 花言葉 (hanakotoba) — communication through the use of flowers
• Korean: 꽃말 (kkonmal) — communication through the use of flowers
• Portuguese: linguagem das flores — communication through the use of flowers
• Russian: флориогра́фия (floriográfija) — communication through the use of flowers
• Swedish: blomsterspråk — communication through the use of flowers