different between flo vs keeper

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flo/

Noun

flo m (plural flos, feminine floune)

1. (Quebec) boy

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fl??, from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (“to blow”). Cognate with English blow, Old Armenian ?????? (be?un, “fertile”), Albanian plas (“to blow, explode”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /flo?/, [f??o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /flo/, [fl?]

Verb

fl? (present infinitive fl?re, perfect active fl?v?, supine fl?tum); first conjugation

1. I breathe, blow

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

• 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.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fla, fleo, vlo

Etymology

From Old English fl?, from fl?n reanalysed as a plural, from Proto-Germanic *flainaz. Compare flon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fl??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

flo (plural flon or floon)

1. An arrow, especially one used with a long bow (projectile weapon emitted from a bow)
2. (figuratively) Anything felt to have a (metaphorically) piercing effect.

Descendants

• English: flo

References

• “fl?, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse flóð

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flu?/, [flu??]
• Homophone: flod

Noun

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

1. high tide

Synonyms

• høyvann, høgvatn (Nynorsk also), høgvann, høyvatn

Antonyms

• fjære (Nynorsk also), fjøre (Nynorsk also)
• lavvann, lågvatn (Nynorsk also), lågvann, lavvatn
• ebbe (Nynorsk also)

Derived terms

• flo og fjære (“ebb and flow”)
• springflo
• stormflo

See also

• flod (Nynorsk)
• tidevann (“tide”)

References

• “flo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flu?/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

flo f (definite singular floa, indefinite plural floer or flør, definite plural floene or flørne)

1. a horizontal layer

Inflection

Etymology 2

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

Noun

flo f (definite singular floa, indefinite plural floer or flør, definite plural floene or flørne)

1. a rain shower

Inflection

Etymology 3

Verb

flo

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

References

• “flo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• fol

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) flad
• (Puter) fled
• (Vallader) flà

Etymology

From Latin fl?tus.

Noun

flo m (plural flos)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) breath (of air)

Derived terms

• (Sutsilvan) trer flo
• (Surmiran) trer igl flo

Vietnamese

Etymology

From French fluor, from Latin fluor.

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [fl???], [f???? l???]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [fl???], [f???? l???]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [fl???], [f???? l???]
• Phonetic: phlo, ph? lo

Noun

flo

1. fluorine

English

Etymology

From Middle English kepere, equivalent to keep +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ki?p?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ki?p?/

• Rhymes: -i?p?(r)

Noun

keeper (plural keepers)

1. One who keeps something.

2. (informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
   • 1970, Field & Stream (volume 75, number 7, page 76)

     "Okay, that's a keeper," Harold said as he netted the 3-pounder and put him on a stringer over the side of the boat.

   • 2005, Ladies' Home Journal, Volume 122, Issues 7-12, page 101,

     When he brought me home and volunteered to come with me while I walked my dog, Max, I knew he was a keeper.

   • 2008, Jennifer Zomar, A Candle for the Children, page 28,

     We hadn't dated for long when he said those three magic words: "I'll cook tonight." I knew he was a keeper.

3. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.

   • And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
4. (sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
5. A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
6. (American football) An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
7. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.

   • discreet; chaste; keepers at home

   • 1971, H. R. F. Keating, The Strong Man

     I was not altogether surprised: they seemed to be, even more than people in the surrounding wolds, stolid keepers-to-themselves, impossible to stir, dourly determined to stick to the firm routine of their lives […]

8. A fruit or vegetable that keeps for some time without spoiling.
   • c. 1847, Andrew Jackson Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America

     Roxbury Russet: Market and keeper.

   • 1878, Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening (volume 35, page 331)

     And mark you, good keepers are some years bad keepers, as this year; and a hard, heavy, unbruisable Apple that really will keep to late on in the season is doubly valuable.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• peeker

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English keeper.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kee?per
• Rhymes: -ip?r

Noun

keeper m (plural keepers, diminutive keepertje n)

1. (sports) keeper, goalie

Synonyms

• doelman
• doelvrouw

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: keeper