Extremaduran

Noun

frol

1. flower

Quotations

Almira mas l'obra la naturaleza

Que no la hecha pol ombri

Bella es la frol el cirgüelu

Mas pol frol

Que pol vela el ombri abrilsi "Valdelacalzada en flor" in Youtube, Ismael Carmona García's poem

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin flōs, flōrem.

Noun

frol

1. flower

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese frol, either a metathesis of flor^[1] or a dissimilation of fror^[2], from Latin flōs, floris, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‎(“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- ‎(“to bloom”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɔɫ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɔw/
• Hyphenation: frol

Noun

frol m (plural fróis)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of flor
2. water foam

References

1. ↑ Dicionário Aulete
2. ↑ 1932, Antenor Nascentes, Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa, volume 1.