🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

chemise à fleurs

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shəmiz a flœʁ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Floral shirt/ˈflɔːr.əl ʃɜːrt/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #4500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il porte une chemise à fleurs lumineuse pour la fête sur la plage."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A collared or button-down shirt adorned with an all-over printed or embroidered pattern of flowers, leaves, and botanical elements.

    "He packed several lightweight floral shirts for his tropical vacation."
  2. 2

    Any casual garment worn on the upper body featuring a prominent flower-based design, often associated with relaxed or summer fashion.

    "The vintage floral shirt became the centerpiece of his summer festival outfit."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'floral', derived from the Latin 'floralis' (pertaining to flora or flowers), which entered Middle English via Old French, and 'shirt', from Old English 'scyrte', meaning a garment. Together, the compound describes a specific style of upper-body clothing patterned with botanical motifs that gained prominent cultural traction during the mid-20th century resort wear boom.

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