flor-de-lis

See also: flor de lis

Portuguese

Flor-de-lis

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfloʁ.d͡ʒiˈlis/ [ˌfloɦ.d͡ʒiˈlis]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfloʁ.d͡ʒiˈlis/ [ˌfloɦ.d͡ʒiˈlis]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌfloɾ.d͡ʒiˈlis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌfloʁ.d͡ʒiˈliʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfloɻ.deˈlis/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfloɾ.dɨˈliʃ/ [ˌfloɾ.ðɨˈliʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfloɾ.dɨˈliʃ/ [ˌfloɾ.ðɨˈliʃ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌflo.ɾi.dɨˈliʃ/ [ˌflo.ɾi.ðɨˈliʃ]

• Hyphenation: flor‧-de‧-lis

Noun

flor-de-lis f (plural flores-de-lis)

1. Jacobean lily (Sprekelia formosissima)
2. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of flor de lis. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

See also

• flor de lis

Further reading

• “flor-de-lis”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024