frol

Extremaduran

Etymology

From Latin flōs (“flower”). Cognate with Italian fiore, French fleur, Spanish flor and Portuguese flor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [fɾol]

Noun

frol

  1. flower

Quotations
Almira mas l'obra la naturaleza
Que no la hecha pol ombri
Bella es la frol el cirgüelu
Mas pol frol
Que pol vela el ombri abrilsi

"Valdelacalzada en flor" in YouTube, Ismael Carmona García's poem

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin flōs.

Noun

frol

  1. flower

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese frol, either a metathesis of flor[1] or a dissimilation of fror[2], from Latin flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”).

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾɔw/ [ˈfɾɔʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɾɔl/ [ˈfɾɔɫ]

  • Hyphenation: frol

Noun

frol m (plural fróis)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of flor
  2. water foam

References
  1. Dicionário Aulete
  2. 1932, Antenor Nascentes, Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa, volume 1.
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