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fleur¹

Where it comes from

An ellipsis of fleur-de-lis from French fleur (“flower”). Doublet of flor, flour, and flower.

noun fleurs

  1. fleur-de-lis

Fleur²

Where it comes from

French fleur (“flower”), name of a character in Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from French in quiet use since the 1920s. "Ma petite fleur!" Annette said softly. "Fleur," repeated Soames: "Fleur! we'll call her that."

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"fleur." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fleur. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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fleur. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fleur

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"fleur." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fleur.

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@misc{fleur_2026,
  title = {fleur},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fleur},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}