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flo

See also: Flo, fló, and flo'

French edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /flo/
  • Audio (CAN):(file)

Noun edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *flāō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow”).[1] Cognate with English blow and more distantly with Old Armenian բեղուն (bełun, “fertile”) (< *bʰel-).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

flō (present infinitive flāre, perfect active flāvī, supine flātum); first conjugation

  1. to breathe, blow

Conjugation edit

   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 edit

References edit

  • “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
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 226-7

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old English flā, from flān reanalysed as a plural, from Proto-West Germanic *flain, from Proto-Germanic *flainaz. Compare flon.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

  • English: flo

References edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
flo
 
fjære
 
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Etymology edit

From Old Norse flóð.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

flo f or m (definite singular floa or floen, indefinite plural floer, definite plural floene)

  1. high tide

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Antonyms edit

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse fló (“surface, layer”).

Noun edit

flo f (plural floa)

  1. a horizontal layer
Inflection edit
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 edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse flóð f or n. Akin to English flood. Doublet of flod.

Noun edit

flo f (plural floa)

  1. a rain shower
Inflection edit
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 edit

Verb edit

flo

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

References edit

Anagrams edit

Romansch edit

Noun edit

flo m (plural flos)

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

Derived terms edit

Vietnamese edit

Chemical element
F
Previous: oxi (O)
Next: neon (Ne)

Etymology edit

From French fluor, from Latin fluor.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

flo

  1. fluorine
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