flor-de-lis
See also: flor de lis
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌfloʁ.d͡ʒiˈlis/ [ˌfloɦ.d͡ʒiˈlis]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌfloɾ.d͡ʒiˈlis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌfloʁ.d͡ʒiˈliʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌfloɻ.deˈlis/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌfloɾ.dɨˈliʃ/ [ˌfloɾ.ðɨˈliʃ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌflo.ɾi.dɨˈliʃ/ [ˌflo.ɾi.ðɨˈliʃ]
- Hyphenation: flor‧-de‧-lis
Noun
flor-de-lis f (plural flores-de-lis)
- Jacobean lily (Sprekelia formosissima)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of flor de lis. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
See also
Further reading
- “flor-de-lis”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025