flo

See also: Flo, FLO, fló, and flo'

French

Etymology

Possibly from Breton floc'h (“squire”) (compare with Cornish flogh (“child”)), or from English fellow.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /flo/
Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)): (file)

Noun

flo m (plural flos, feminine floune)

(Quebec) boy
- 2002, Jean-François Pauzé, “Mon chum Rémi”, in Break Syndical:
  Mais rent' donc à maison / T'as un flo qui t'adore / Ça c't'une vraie bonne raison / pour pas passer d'l'aut' bord
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *flāō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow”).^[1] Cognate with English blow and more distantly with Old Armenian բեղուն (bełun, “fertile”) (< *bʰel-).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɫoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈflɔː]

Verb

flō (present infinitive flāre, perfect active flāvī, supine flātum); first conjugation

to breathe, blow

Conjugation

Conjugation of flō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	flō	flās		flat	flāmus	flātis		flant
	imperfect	flābam	flābās		flābat	flābāmus	flābātis		flābant
	future	flābō	flābis		flābit	flābimus	flābitis		flābunt
	perfect	flāvī	flāvistī		flāvit	flāvimus	flāvistis		flāvērunt, flāvēre
	pluperfect	flāveram	flāverās		flāverat	flāverāmus	flāverātis		flāverant
	future perfect	flāverō	flāveris		flāverit	flāverimus	flāveritis		flāverint
passive	present	flor	flāris, flāre		flātur	flāmur	flāminī		flantur
	imperfect	flābar	flābāris, flābāre		flābātur	flābāmur	flābāminī		flābantur
	future	flābor	flāberis, flābere		flābitur	flābimur	flābiminī		flābuntur
	perfect	flātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	flātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	flātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	flem	flēs		flet	flēmus	flētis		flent
	imperfect	flārem	flārēs		flāret	flārēmus	flārētis		flārent
	perfect	flāverim	flāverīs		flāverit	flāverīmus	flāverītis		flāverint
	pluperfect	flāvissem	flāvissēs		flāvisset	flāvissēmus	flāvissētis		flāvissent
passive	present	fler	flēris, flēre		flētur	flēmur	flēminī		flentur
	imperfect	flārer	flārēris, flārēre		flārētur	flārēmur	flārēminī		flārentur
	perfect	flātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	flātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	flā		—	—	flāte		—
active	future	—	flātō		flātō	—	flātōte		flantō
passive	present	—	flāre		—	—	flāminī		—
passive	future	—	flātor		flātor	—	—		flantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		flāre		flārī		flāns		—
future		flātūrum esse		flātum īrī		flātūrus		flandus
perfect		flāvisse		flātum esse		—		flātus
future perfect		—		flātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		flātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		flandī	flandō		flandum	flandō	flātum		flātū

Derived terms

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “flō, flāre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 226-7

Middle English

Alternative forms

vlo (Southern)
fla, flaa, fleo (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English flā, from flān reanalysed as a plural, from Proto-West Germanic *flain, from Proto-Germanic *flainaz. Compare flon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /flɔ̝ː/
Rhymes: -ɔː

Noun

flo (plural flon) (especially Southern or West Midland; not Northern)

An arrow (projectile weapon shot from a bow), especially one used with a longbow.
(figurative) Anything felt to have a (metaphorically) piercing effect.

References

“flō, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 May 2018.

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

flo

Wikipedia ^nb

Etymology

Inherited from Danish flod, from Old Norse flóð, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz. Doublet of flod (“flood, river”). The last-mentioned senses, perhaps due to their biblical and literary associations, predominantly have a more spelling-based pronunciation in /d/ not common for the sense “high tide”. This split came to be reflected in the spelling flo, which was standardized already in 1907.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fluː/, [fluʷː]
Homophone: flod (one pronunciation)

Noun

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

high tide
Synonym: høyvann (and variants)

Antonyms: fjære, ebbe, lavvann (and variants)

Hypernyms

tidevann

Derived terms

References

“flo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fluː/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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flo f (plural floa)

a horizontal layer

Inflection

Historical inflection of *flo*
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
Aasen¹	ei Flo	Floi	Flør	Flørna
1901	ei flo	floi	flør	flørne
1917		floa, floi
1938		floa [floi]	floer	floene
1983			floer, flør	floene, flørne
2012 (current)	ei flo	floa	floer, flør	floene, flørne

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
¹Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

Descendants

→ English: floe

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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flo f (plural floa)

a rain shower

Inflection

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Historical inflection of *flo*
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
1917	ei flo	floa, floi	floer	floene
1938		floa [floi]
2012 (current)	ei flo	floa	floer, flør	floene, flørne

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.

Etymology 3

Verb

flo

(non-standard since 1938) past tense of flå

References

“flo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

fol

Romansh

Noun

flo m (plural flos)

(Sutsilvan, Surmiran) alternative form of flad (“breath (of air)”)

Derived terms

(Sutsilvan) trer flo
(Surmiran) trer igl flo

Vietnamese

Chemical element ^(edit)

F
Atomic number 9
flo

Classification data

Period	2
Group	17
Block	p-block
Class	halogen

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Etymology

From French fluor, from Latin fluor.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [flɔ˧˧], [fəː˨˩ lɔ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [flɔ˧˧], [fəː˦˩ lɔ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [flɔ˧˧], [fəː˨˩ lɔ˧˧]
Phonetic spelling: phlo, phờ lo

Noun

flo

fluorine

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “flō, flāre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 226-7

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Middle English

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Inflection

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

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Verb

References

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Romansh

Noun

Derived terms

Vietnamese

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