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English

Etymology

stiff +? -y

Pronunciation

• enPR: st?f'i, IPA^(key): /?st?fi/
• Rhymes: -?fi

Noun

stiffy (plural stiffies)

1. (vulgar, slang) An erection of the penis.

   Fred's got a bulge in his pants - you can tell that he's got a stiffy.

2. (South Africa) A computer floppy disk of the kind supplied in a stiff plastic outer shell.

   Never leave home without a spare stiffy disc in your bag.

3. (slang) An extended magazine of a gun.

Synonyms

• (erection of the penis): woody
• (3.5 inch floppy disk): stiffy disc

Related terms

• computer
• floppy (disc)
• CD (disc)
• flash drive

French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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