different between floral vs florist

English

Etymology

From French floral, from Latin fl?r?lis, from fl?s (“flower”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?fl???l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?fl????l/
• Rhymes: -????l

Adjective

floral (comparative more floral, superlative most floral)

1. Of, pertaining to, or connected with flowers.
2. Portraying flowers, especially in a stylized way.

   I really like the floral pattern on this Chinese vase.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

floral (plural florals)

1. A design involving flowers
2. A perfume redolent of flowers

Anagrams

• all for, for all

Asturian

Adjective

floral (epicene, plural florales)

1. floral (of or pertaining to flowers)

Related terms

• flor

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /flo??al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /flu??al/

Adjective

floral (masculine and feminine plural florals)

1. floral

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fl?.?al/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

floral (feminine singular florale, masculine plural floraux, feminine plural florales)

1. floral

Further reading

• “floral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

floral (not comparable)

1. floral

Declension

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flo?al/

Etymology

From French floral.

Adjective

floral

1. floral

Related terms

• fler
• fleri
• fleris

Portuguese

Adjective

floral m or f (plural florais, not comparable)

1. floral

Romanian

Etymology

From French floral

Adjective

floral m or n (feminine singular floral?, masculine plural florali, feminine and neuter plural florale)

1. floral

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fl?r?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flo??al/, [flo??al]

Adjective

floral (plural florales)

1. (relational) flower; floral (of or relating to the flower or flowers)

Related terms

Further reading

• “floral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From French fleuriste, from Latin floris (“genitive singular of fl?s, flower”), +? -ist.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fl????st/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fl???st/
• Hyphenation: flor?ist

Noun

florist (plural florists)

1. A person who sells flowers.
2. A person who cultivates flowers.
3. A person who studies or writes about flowers.
4. A florist's shop.
   • 2010, Cassie Miles, Hook, Line and Shotgun Bride, p. 33:

     “After the gown, we can go to the florist, then stop by the lingerie store.”

Derived terms

• artificial florist

Translations

Anagrams

• firlots

Dutch

Etymology

Early 17th century. Possibly borrowed from English florist or French fleuriste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flo??r?st/
• Hyphenation: flo?rist
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

florist m (plural floristen, diminutive floristje n)

1. (historical) speculator in tulips around the time of the tulip mania

   Synonym: bloemist

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fleuriste (modelled after floare).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flo?rist/

Noun

florist m (plural flori?ti, feminine equivalent florist?)

1. (rare) florist

   Synonym: florar

Declension

Related terms

References

• florist in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Swedish

Etymology

From French fleuriste, from Latin floris (“genitive singular of fl?s, flower”), +? -ist.

Noun

florist c

1. florist

Declension

References

• florist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• florist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)