floraison

French

Etymology

Compare Anglo-Norman flurissuns with Old French floroison [13th c.] which became Middle French fleurison [from 1575] and early Modern French fleuraison [from 1669] — by surface analysis, fleur +‎ -aison. The current form floraison has the root-stem relatinized to mirror the Latin flōr-, the stem used in most of the inflected forms of flōs (“flower”). The old form fleuraison exists in modern French as a rare literary term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɔ.ʁɛ.zɔ̃/ ~ /flɔ.ʁe.zɔ̃/

Noun

floraison f (plural floraisons)

1. flowering, florescence
2. an instance of flowering

Related terms

• fleur
• fleurir
• inflorescence