🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

白い花

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shiroi-hana

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
White flower/waɪt ˈflaʊ.ər/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"庭には白い花が咲いていました。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A flower that is predominantly white in color.

    "The garden was filled with white flowers, creating a serene atmosphere."
  2. 2

    A term used metaphorically to describe purity or innocence.

    "She was regarded as a white flower in the community, untouched by the world's corruption."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'white' from Old English 'hwīt', of Germanic origin, and 'flower' from Old French 'flour', ultimately derived from the Latin 'flos'. In Korean, 'huin' (하얀/희ㄴ) means white and 'kkot' (꽃) means flower, representing a direct translation of the concept.

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