blom

From Dutch blom, dialectal form of bloem, from Middle Dutch bloeme, from Old Dutch *bluomo, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô.

• IPA^(key): /blɔm/

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blom (plural blomme, diminutive blommetjie)

1. flower

• IPA^(key): /blɔm/

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• Hyphenation: blom
• Rhymes: -ɔm

blom f (plural blommen, diminutive blommetje n or blommeke n or blommechie n)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of bloem.
2. (Suriname) flour

blom

1. Alternative form of blome (“bloom”)

• blome

From Old Norse blóm, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô. Akin to English bloom.

• IPA^(key): /bluːm/

blom m (definite singular blomen, indefinite plural blomar, definite plural blomane)

1. a flower

   Synonyms: blomster, koll, soleie

   Solsikka er ein vakker blom.

   The sunflower is a beautiful flower.

2. bloom (the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open)

   Kirsebærtrea står i blom.

   The cherry trees are in bloom.

• stemorsblom

• “blom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Frisian blōma, *blōme, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô.

• IPA^(key): /blom/

blom c (plural blommen, diminutive blomke)

1. flower

• blomme

• sinneblom
• blommemoanne

• “blom (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011