flo

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See also: Flo, fló, and flo'

French

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /flo/
  • Audio (Canada):(file)

Noun

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flo m (plural flos, feminine floune)

  1. (Quebec) boy
    • 2002, Jean-François Pauzé (lyrics and music), “Mon chum Rémi”, in Break Syndical:
      Mais rent’ donc à maison / T’as un flo qui t’adore / Ça c’t’une vraie bonne raison / pour pas passer d’l’aut’ bord
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *flāō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (to blow).[1] Cognate with English blow and more distantly with Old Armenian բեղուն (bełun, fertile) (< *bʰel-).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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flō (present infinitive flāre, perfect active flāvī, supine flātum); first conjugation

  1. to breathe, blow

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of flō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present flō flās flat flāmus flātis flant
imperfect flābam flābās flābat flābāmus flābātis flābant
future flābō flābis flābit flābimus flābitis flābunt
perfect flāvī flāvistī flāvit flāvimus flāvistis flāvērunt,
flāvēre
pluperfect flāveram flāverās flāverat flāverāmus flāverātis flāverant
future perfect flāverō flāveris flāverit flāverimus flāveritis flāverint
passive present flor flāris,
flāre
flātur flāmur flāminī flantur
imperfect flābar flābāris,
flābāre
flābātur flābāmur flābāminī flābantur
future flābor flāberis,
flābere
flābitur flābimur flābiminī flābuntur
perfect flātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect flātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect flātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present flem flēs flet flēmus flētis flent
imperfect flārem flārēs flāret flārēmus flārētis flārent
perfect flāverim flāverīs flāverit flāverīmus flāverītis flāverint
pluperfect flāvissem flāvissēs flāvisset flāvissēmus flāvissētis flāvissent
passive present fler flēris,
flēre
flētur flēmur flēminī flentur
imperfect flārer flārēris,
flārēre
flārētur flārēmur flārēminī flārentur
perfect flātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect flātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present flā flāte
future flātō flātō flātōte flantō
passive present flāre flāminī
future flātor flātor flantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives flāre flāvisse flātūrum esse flārī flātum esse flātum īrī
participles flāns flātūrus flātus flandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
flandī flandō flandum flandō flātum flātū

Derived terms

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References

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  • flo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • flo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • flo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the east winds are blowing: venti ab ortu solis flant
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 226-7

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English flā, from flān reanalysed as a plural, from Proto-West Germanic *flain, from Proto-Germanic *flainaz. Compare flon.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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flo (plural flon or floon)

  1. An arrow, especially one used with a long bow (projectile weapon emitted from a bow)
  2. (figurative) Anything felt to have a (metaphorically) piercing effect.

Descendants

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  • English: flo

References

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Norwegian Bokmål

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flo
fjære
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Etymology

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From Old Norse flóð.

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Noun

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flo f or m (definite singular floa or floen, indefinite plural floer, definite plural floene)

  1. high tide

Synonyms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse fló (surface, layer).

Noun

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flo f (plural floa)

  1. a horizontal layer
Inflection
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse flóð f or n. Akin to English flood. Doublet of flod.

Noun

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flo f (plural floa)

  1. a rain shower
Inflection
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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flo

  1. (non-standard since 1938) past tense of flå

References

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Anagrams

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Romansch

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Noun

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flo m (plural flos)

  1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) Alternative form of flad (breath (of air))

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Vietnamese

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Chemical element
F
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Etymology

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From French fluor, from Latin fluor.

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Noun

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flo

  1. fluorine