English Explanatory Dictionary

blossom

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
  2. The state or season of producing such flowers.
  3. A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
  4. The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.
verb
  1. To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
  2. To begin to thrive or flourish.
name
  1. A hamlet in New York.
  2. A city in Texas.
  3. A female given name.

Pronunciation

/ˈblɒs.əm/ [ˈblɒs.m̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blossom.wav /ˈblɑ.səm/ [ˈblɑ.sm̩] en-us-blossom.ogg /ˈblɔs.əm/ [ˈblɔs.m̩] en-au-blossom.ogg

Word forms

blossom blossoms blasom blossoming blossomed

Etymology

From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem; related to *blōstaz [compare German Blust]), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin flōs (“flower”), Flōra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4).

Synonyms

bloom come into bloom come into blossom flower blow flourish grow prosper thrive

Derived words

apple blossom apple blossom weevil blossomcrown blossomed blossom-end rot blossomest blossom-faced blossom-headed blossoming blossomish blossomless blossomly blossom-nosed blossom out blossom-rock blossomry blossomy blue blossom blueblossom cherry blossom cherry blossom front crash blossom emblossom imblossom gin blossom grog-blossom in blossom lime blossom mayblossom May blossom may-blossom orange blossom out-blossom out-blossoming peach blossom pease-blossom plum blossom pricot blossom rape blossom reblossom rum-blossom snow-blossom sperm blossom sperm-blossom water blossom pea blossom forth blossomingly outblossom unblossomed unblossoming

Translations

Albanian: endë Albanian: bleron Arabic: زَهْرَة Armenian: ծաղիկ Belarusian: кве́тка Bulgarian: цвят Burmese: ပွင့် Catalan: flor Chinese Mandarin: 花 Cornish: bleujen Czech: květ Dutch: bloesem Esperanto: floro Estonian: õis Finnish: kukat Finnish: kukinta French: fleur Galician: fror Galician: frol Georgian: ყვავილი German: Blüte Greek: ανθός Ancient Greek: ἄνθος Hebrew: פריחה Hindi: मुकुल Hindi: फूल Hittite: 𒀀𒇷𒂖 Hungarian: virág Italian: bocciolo Jamaican Creole: blasam Jamaican Creole: blazam Japanese: 花 Korean: 꽃 Kyrgyz: гүл Latin: flōs Luxembourgish: Bléi Macedonian: цвет Māori: puanga Māori: pua Māori: puāwai Mazanderani: وشکو Middle English: blosme Old English: blostma Persian: شکوفه Polish: kwiat Portuguese: flor Romanian: floare
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