flóra

See also: flora, Flora, flóra-, and Flóra

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfloːra]
• Hyphenation: fló‧ra

Noun

flóra f

1. (botany) flora (plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.)

   Synonyms: květena, rostlinstvo

Declension

Declension of flóra (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	flóra	flóry
genitive	flóry	flór
dative	flóře	flórám
accusative	flóru	flóry
vocative	flóro	flóry
locative	flóře	flórách
instrumental	flórou	flórami

See also

• fauna

Further reading

• “flóra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “flóra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “flóra”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin Flōra (“Flora, the goddess of flowers”), from flōs (“blossom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfloːrɒ]
• Hyphenation: fló‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Noun

flóra (plural flórák)

1. (biology) flora (plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.)

   Synonym: növényvilág

   Coordinate term: fauna

2. flora (book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.)
3. (microbiology) flora (microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	flóra	flórák
accusative	flórát	flórákat
dative	flórának	flóráknak
instrumental	flórával	flórákkal
causal-final	flóráért	flórákért
translative	flórává	flórákká
terminative	flóráig	flórákig
essive-formal	flóraként	flórákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	flórában	flórákban
superessive	flórán	flórákon
adessive	flóránál	flóráknál
illative	flórába	flórákba
sublative	flórára	flórákra
allative	flórához	flórákhoz
elative	flórából	flórákból
delative	flóráról	flórákról
ablative	flórától	flóráktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	flóráé	flóráké
non-attributive possessive - plural	flóráéi	flórákéi

Possessive forms of flóra
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	flórám	flóráim
2nd person sing.	flórád	flóráid
3rd person sing.	flórája	flórái
1st person plural	flóránk	flóráink
2nd person plural	flórátok	flóráitok
3rd person plural	flórájuk	flóráik

Derived terms

• flórájú
• mikroflóra

 

Compound words

• bélflóra
• élőflóra
• vastagbélflóra
• vékonybélflóra

 

Expressions

• normál flóra

 

Related terms

• deflorál
• florett
• florisztika
• Flóra

 

Further reading

• flóra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin Flōra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflouːra/

Noun

flóra f (genitive singular flóru, nominative plural flórur)

1. (botany) flora

Irish

Etymology

From Latin Flōra, from flōs (“blossom”).

Noun

flóra m (genitive singular flóra)

1. (botany) flora

Declension

Declension of flóra

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative flóra Vocative a fhlóra Genitive flóra Dative flóra

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an flóra Genitive an fhlóra Dative leis an bhflóra don fhlóra

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
flóra	fhlóra	bhflóra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “flóra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “flóra”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “flóra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024