fleur
Meanings
Noun
1. flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants") (botany)
2. flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself (metonymic)
3. a kind favor given by one person to another (figuratively)
4. the best of something (figuratively)
5. the virginity of a woman (figurative, figuratively)
6. Substances with a state of purity or extreme separation, produced by sublimation (archaic, chemistry)
Examples572
Il m’a fait une fleur.
He gave me a kind favor.
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs.
He offered me magnificent flowers.
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs.
I went to pick a flower in the fields.
Les orchidées sont des fleurs recherchées.
Orchids are sought-after flowers.
Fleurs de soufre, de zinc, d’arsenic, d’antimoine.
refinements of sulfur, zinc, arsenic, antimony
Ces fleurs ne sont pas pour vous.
These flowers aren't for you.