flo

See also: Flo, fló, and flo'

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flo/

• Audio (Canada):

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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”). Cognate with English blow and more distantly with Old Armenian բեղուն (bełun, “fertile”) (< *bʰel-).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /floː/, [fɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /flo/, [flɔː]

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

• afflō
• ciniflō
• cōnflō
• efflō
• flābilis
• flābrum
• flāmen
• *flātor
• flātus
• īnflō
• perflō
• sufflō

Further reading

• “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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the east winds are blowing: venti ab ortu solis flant
    

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fla, fleo, vlo

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

• “flō, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.

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

• flo og fjære (“ebb and flow”)
• springflo
• stormflo

See also

• flod (Nynorsk)
• tidevann (“tide”)

References

• “flo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• → English: floe

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.

Etymology 3

Verb

flo

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

References

• “flo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• fol

Romansch

Noun

flo m (plural flos)

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

Derived terms

• (Sutsilvan) trer flo
• (Surmiran) trer igl flo

Vietnamese

Chemical element
F
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Etymology

From French fluor, from Latin fluor.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [flɔ˧˧], [fəː˨˩ lɔ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [flɔ˧˧], [fəː˦˩ lɔ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [flɔ˧˧], [fəː˨˩ lɔ˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: phlo, phờ lo

Noun

flo

1. fluorine