Floor

From Middle High German vlōr, from Latin flōs. Cognate with German Flor.

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /floːr/

Floor m

1. garden flower
   • 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ’s Heiwili:

     „Maria, spreit dy guldi Flor
     Jetz gnädig über üsers Hus!“

     ‘Maria, spread these golden flowers generously now around our house!’

2. bloom, blooming
3. gauze, crape; veil

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• IPA^(key): /floːr/

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• Hyphenation: Floor
• Rhymes: -oːr

Floor f

1. a female given name

Floor m

1. (uncommon) a male given name

From Middle Low German vlôr, from Old Saxon *flōr, from Proto-Germanic *flōraz. Cognate with German Flur, Dutch vloer, English floor.

Floor m (plural Floren)

1. A hallway or entrance to a house.
2. The floor of a hallway or corridor connecting various rooms in a house.
3. Tile.
4. A stone slab.

From Old Frisian *flōr, from Proto-Germanic *flōraz. Cognate with English floor.

Floor m

1. floor

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