flora

See also: Flora, flóra, and flóra-

English

Etymology

From Latin Flōra (goddess of flowers).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɔː.ɹə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːrə

Noun

flora (countable and uncountable, plural floras or florae or floræ)

  1. Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:
      Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
  2. A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.
    • 1999, J. G. Baker, Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles
      He intended to publish a flora of the island, and drafted out a synonymic catalogue, into which he inserted from time to time elaborate descriptions drawn up from living specimens of the species which he was able to procure.
  3. The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
    intestinal flora, gut flora

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

flora f (uncountable)

  1. flora

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).

Noun

flora (more common word is nebatat)

  1. flora

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flōra, from Flōra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfloː.raː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: flo‧ra
  • Rhymes: -oːraː

Noun

flora f (plural flora's)

  1. flora (plant life, in particular the plant living or endemic in a certain area)
    Synonym: plantenwereld
  2. flora (plant book)
    Synonyms: floragids, plantenboek

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Esperanto

Etymology

From floro + -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflora/
  • Hyphenation: flo‧ra
  • Rhymes: -ora

Adjective

flora (accusative singular floran, plural floraj, accusative plural florajn)

  1. (botany) floral

Italian

Noun

flora f (plural flore)

  1. flora

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin Flora, goddess of flowers

Noun

flora m (definite singular floraen, indefinite plural floraer, definite plural floraene)

  1. (botany) flora

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin Flora, goddess of flowers

Noun

flora m (definite singular floraen, indefinite plural floraer or floraar, definite plural floraene or floraane)

  1. (botany) flora

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Flōra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɔ.ra/
  • (file)

Noun

flora f

  1. flora (plants considered as a group)
    Synonyms: roślinność, szata roślinna
    Antonym: fauna

Usage notes

  • Rarely used in the plural.

Declension

Further reading

  • flora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

flora f (plural floras)

  1. flora (plants of a region considered as a group)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flôːra/
  • Hyphenation: flo‧ra

Noun

flȏra f (Cyrillic spelling фло̑ра)

  1. flora

Declension


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfloɾa/

Noun

flora f (plural floras)

  1. flora

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

flora c

  1. flora (vegetation, book)
    Antonym: fauna

Declension

Declension of flora 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative flora floran floror flororna
Genitive floras florans florors florornas
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