flora

See also: Flora and flóra

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin Flora (“goddess of flowers”)

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔː.ɹə/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔːrə

NounEdit

flora (countable and uncountable, plural floras or florae or floræ)

1. plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page viii

     Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.

2. a book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.
   • 1999, J. G. Baker, Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles

     He intended to publish a flora of the island, and drafted out a synonymic catalogue, into which he inserted from time to time elaborate descriptions drawn up from living specimens of the species which he was able to procure.

3. The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body, such as intestinal flora

SynonymsEdit

• (microorganisms): microflora

Coordinate termsEdit

• fauna

TranslationsEdit

plants considered as a group

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 植物群 (zh) (zhíwùqún)

• Czech: květena f, flóra f
• Esperanto: plantaro, flaŭro
• Finnish: kasvisto (fi)
• French: flore (fr) f
• Georgian: ფლორა (plora)
• German: Flora (de) f, Pflanzenreich (de) n, Pflanzenwelt (de) f
• Greek: χλωρίδα (el) f (chlorída)
• Icelandic: flóra f, gróðurríki n
• Italian: flora (it) f
• Japanese: 植物相 (しょくぶつそう, shokubutsusō)

• Lithuanian: augalija f
• Maori: ngāi tipu
• Persian: پوشش گیاهی‎‎
• Polish: flora (pl) f
• Portuguese: flora (pt) f
• Romanian: floră (ro) f
• Russian: фло́ра (ru) f (flóra)
• Spanish: flora (es) f
• Swedish: flora (sv) c
• Tagalog: talahalmanan
• Volapük: planem

a book describing the plants of a country etc.

• Finnish: kasvio (fi)
• French: flore (fr) f
• Icelandic: flóra f

• Japanese: 植物誌 (しょくぶつし, shokubutsushi)
• Russian: фло́ра (ru) f (flóra)
• Swedish: flora (sv) c

the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body

• Estonian: floora
• Finnish: floora (fi), mikrofloora, mikrobisto
• French: flore intestinale (fr) f
• German: Flora (de) f
• Icelandic: flóra f

• Italian: flora (it) f
• Persian: فلور طبیعی‎‎
• Romanian: floră (ro) f, floră microbială f, floră bacterială, floră intestinală f
• Russian: фло́ра (ru) f (flóra)
• Swedish: flora (sv) c

AnagramsEdit

• folar

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CatalanEdit

NounEdit

flora f (uncountable)

1. flora

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Crimean TatarEdit

EtymologyEdit

Latin Flora - Roman goddess of flowers.

NounEdit

flora (more common word is nebatat)

1. flora

DeclensionEdit

Declension of flora

nominative	flora
genitive	floranıñ
dative	florağa
accusative	floranı
locative	florada
ablative	floradan

ReferencesEdit

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈflora/
• Hyphenation: flo‧ra
• Rhymes: -ora

AdjectiveEdit

flora (accusative singular floran, plural floraj, accusative plural florajn)

1. (botany) floral

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ItalianEdit

NounEdit

flora f (plural flore)

1. flora

Derived termsEdit

• flora batterica

AnagramsEdit

• farlo

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PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin Flora.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔ.ra/

• Audio

  (file)

NounEdit

flora f

1. flora (“plants considered as a group”)

Usage notesEdit

• Rarely used in the plural.

DeclensionEdit

declension of flora

	singular	plural
nominative	flora	flory
genitive	flory	flor
dative	florze	florom
accusative	florę	flory
instrumental	florą	florami
locative	florze	florach
vocative	floro	flory

SynonymsEdit

• roślinność
• szata roślinna

AntonymsEdit

• fauna

Further readingEdit

• flora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

flora f (plural floras)

1. flora (plants of a region considered as a group)

Related termsEdit

• flor
• florescer
• florir

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /flôːra/
• Hyphenation: flo‧ra

NounEdit

flȏra f (Cyrillic spelling фло̑ра)

1. flora

DeclensionEdit

Declension of flora

	singular	plural
nominative	flora	flore
genitive	flore	flora
dative	flori	florama
accusative	floru	flore
vocative	floro	flore
locative	flori	florama
instrumental	florom	florama

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SpanishEdit

NounEdit

flora f (plural floras)

1. flora

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SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• audio

  (file)

NounEdit

flora c

1. flora (vegetation, book)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of flora
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	flora	floran	floror	flororna
Genitive	floras	florans	florors	florornas

AntonymsEdit

• fauna