flo

See also: Flo, fló, and flo'

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /flo/
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Noun

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

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to breathe, blow

Conjugation
   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

References
  • “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, 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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /flɔː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː

Noun

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
  • English: flo

References

Norwegian Bokmål
flo
fjære

Etymology

From Old Norse flóð.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fluː/, [fluʷː]
  • Homophone: flod

Noun

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

  1. high tide

Synonyms
  • høyvann, høgvatn (Nynorsk also), høgvann, høyvatn

Antonyms
  • fjære (Nynorsk also), fjøre (Nynorsk also)
  • lavvann, lågvatn (Nynorsk also), lågvann, lavvatn
  • ebbe (Nynorsk also)

Derived terms

See also

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fluː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fló (“surface, layer”).

Noun

flo f (plural floa)

  1. a horizontal layer
Inflection
Historical inflection of flo
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Aasen1 ei Flo Floi Flør Flørna
1901 ei flo floi flør flørne
1917 floa, floi
1938 floa [floi] floer floene
1983 floer, flør floene, flør
2012 (current) ei flo floa floer, flør floene, flørne

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

Descendants

Etymology 2

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

Noun

flo f (plural floa)

  1. a rain shower
Inflection
Historical inflection of flo
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
1917 ei flo floa, floi floer floene
1938 floa [floi]
2012 (current) ei flo floa floer, flør floene, flørne

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.

Verb

flo

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

References

Anagrams

Romansch

Noun

flo m (plural flos)

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

Derived terms

Vietnamese
Chemical element
F
Previous: oxi (O)
Next: neon (Ne)

Etymology

From French fluor, from Latin fluor.

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [flɔ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [flɔ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [flɔ˧˧]
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Noun

flo

  1. fluorine
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