English

Flora astronomical symbol

Proper noun

Flora

1. (Roman mythology) The goddess of flowers, nature and spring; she is also the wife of Favonius and the mother of Karpos. She is the Roman counterpart of Chloris.
2. (astronomy) Short for 8 Flora, a main-belt asteroid.
3. A female given name.
   • 1933 Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall,Faber and Faber 1933, page 91 ("Girls' Names")

     What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star, / And Sylvia like a rustling tree, / And Lola like a melody, / And Flora like a flowery morn,

4. A surname​.
5. A city in Illinois
6. A town in Indiana
7. A town in Mississippi
8. A municipality in Norway
9. A municipality in Apayao, the Philippines
10. A resort in Suriname
11. A male given name

Translations

French

Proper noun

Flora

1. A female given name, a latinate variant of Flore.

Anagrams

• frôla

German

Pronunciation

Noun

Flora f ‎(genitive Flora, plural Floren)

1. flora (plants as a group; microorganisms)

Proper noun

Flora

1. (Roman mythology) Flora
2. A female given name.

Related terms

• male given names: Florian

Italian

Proper noun

Flora f

1. (Roman mythology) The goddess of flowers, Flora.
2. A female given name.

Anagrams

• farlo

Latin

Etymology

From flōs ‎(“blossom”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): / ˈfloː.ra/, [ ˈfɫoː.ra]

Proper noun

Flōra f ‎(genitive Flōrae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) The goddess of flowers.

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• Flōrālia
• Flōrius
• Flōrālis
• Flōrālicius
• Flōrālitius

References

• Flora in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Flora”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Flora

1. A municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈflɔ.ɾɐ/
• Homophone: flora

Proper noun

Flora f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Flora
2. (Roman mythology) Flora (goddess of nature)

Spanish

Proper noun

Flora f

1. (Roman mythology) Flora
2. A female given name.

English

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. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, 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 etc.
3. The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body, such as intestinal flora

Synonyms

• (microorganisms): microflora

Coordinate terms

• fauna

Translations

Catalan

Noun

flora f ‎(uncountable)

1. flora

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin Flora - 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 966-7980-89-8

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflora/
• Hyphenation: flo‧ra

Adjective

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

1. (botany) floral

Italian

Noun

flora f ‎(plural flore)

1. flora

Derived terms

• flora batterica

Anagrams

• farlo

Portuguese

Noun

flora f (plural floras)

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

Related terms

• flor
• florescer
• florir

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

flȏra f ‎(Cyrillic spelling фло̑ра)

1. flora

Declension

Spanish

Noun

flora f ‎(plural floras)

1. flora

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

flora c

1. flora (vegetation, book)

Declension

Antonyms

• fauna