floraison

French

Etymology

[1] Compare Anglo-Norman flurissuns with Old French floroison [13th c.] which became Middle French fleurison [from 1575] and early Modern French fleuraison [from 1669] — by surface analysis, fleur +‎ -aison. The current form floraison has the root-stem relatinized to mirror the Latin flōr-, the stem used in most of the inflected forms of flōs (“flower”). The old form fleuraison exists in modern French as a rare literary term.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /flɔ.ʁɛ.zɔ̃/, /flɔ.ʁe.zɔ̃/

Noun

floraison f (plural floraisons)

  1. flowering, florescence
  2. an instance of flowering

References
  1. “floraison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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