French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French fleurir, variant of florir (influenced by fleur 'flower'), from Old French florir, from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /flœ.ʁiʁ/
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Verb

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fleurir

  1. to flower; to produce flowers
  2. to bloom
  3. to flourish

Conjugation

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This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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