🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

flor

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Blossom/ˈblɒs.əm/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"As árvores de pêssego estão cheias de flores."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A flower or a mass of flowers, especially on a tree or bush, that appears in spring; the state or period of flowering.

    "The apple trees were covered in delicate pink blossoms."
As verb
  1. 1

    To produce flowers; to develop or come into a promising or beautiful stage.

    "Her talent began to blossom at a young age."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'blossom' originates from the Old English 'blōstm', which is related to the Proto-Germanic '*blōstmaz', meaning 'to bloom'. Over time, it evolved to encompass both the act of flowering and the flower itself.

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