flourish
/fˈlɜːɪʃ/FLUR-ish
/fˈlɝɪʃ/FLUR-ish
Meaningto flower
Common meaning: to grow and thrive
- floura flower, blossomLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 761 · scan
- ishverb ending (from French -iss-)
Journey through time
- Latinflōs, flōris‘a flower, blossom’
- Frenchfleuriss
- Englishflourish‘to grow and thrive’ · today
flour also in: floralflowerfloristcauliflower
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin flōs ‘a flower, blossom’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry flōs, p. 761 · dictionary scan
Roots
- flōs, flōris Latin “a flower, blossom”
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