fiore

See also: Fiore

Corsican

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin flōrem. Compare Italian fiore.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfjo.re/, /ˈjo.re/
  • Hyphenation: fio‧re

Noun

fiore m (plural fiori)

  1. flower
  • fiuriscia
  • fiurì

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin flōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfjo.re/
  • Audio (un fiore):(file)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ore
  • Hyphenation: fió‧re

Noun

fiore m (plural fiori, diminutive fiorellìno or (poetic) fiorìno or fioricìno or (archaic) fiorèllo or fiorétto, augmentative fioróne, pejorative fioràccio)

  1. (also figurative) flower, bloom, blossom
  2. surface
    a fior d'acqua ― just below the surface of the water
  3. (on playing cards) pl clubs

Descendants

  • → Maltese: fjur

Further reading

  • fiore in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • fiore in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • fiore in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • fiore in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • fiore in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • fiore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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