flóra

See also: flora, Flora, flóra-, and Flóra

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfloːra]
• Hyphenation: fló‧ra

Noun

flóra f

1. (botany) flora (plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.)

   Synonyms: květena, rostlinstvo

Declension

Declension of flóra (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	flóra	flóry
genitive	flóry	flór
dative	flóře	flórám
accusative	flóru	flóry
vocative	flóro	flóry
locative	flóře	flórách
instrumental	flórou	flórami

See also

• fauna

Further reading

• “flóra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “flóra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “flóra”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin Flōra (“Flora, the goddess of flowers”), from flōs (“blossom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfloːrɒ]
• Hyphenation: fló‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Noun

flóra (plural flórák)

1. (biology) flora (plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.)

   Synonym: növényvilág

   Coordinate term: fauna

2. flora (book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.)
3. (microbiology) flora (microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	flóra	flórák
accusative	flórát	flórákat
dative	flórának	flóráknak
instrumental	flórával	flórákkal
causal-final	flóráért	flórákért
translative	flórává	flórákká
terminative	flóráig	flórákig
essive-formal	flóraként	flórákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	flórában	flórákban
superessive	flórán	flórákon
adessive	flóránál	flóráknál
illative	flórába	flórákba
sublative	flórára	flórákra
allative	flórához	flórákhoz
elative	flórából	flórákból
delative	flóráról	flórákról
ablative	flórától	flóráktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	flóráé	flóráké
non-attributive possessive – plural	flóráéi	flórákéi

Possessive forms of flóra

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	flórám	flóráim
2nd person sing.	flórád	flóráid
3rd person sing.	flórája	flórái
1st person plural	flóránk	flóráink
2nd person plural	flórátok	flóráitok
3rd person plural	flórájuk	flóráik

Derived terms

• flórájú
• mikroflóra

(Compound words):

• bélflóra
• élőflóra
• vastagbélflóra
• vékonybélflóra

(Expressions):

• normál flóra

Related terms

• deflorál
• florett
• florisztika
• Flóra

Further reading

• flóra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Flōra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflouːra/

Noun

flóra f (genitive singular flóru, nominative plural flórur)

1. (botany) flora

Declension

Declension of flóra (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flóra	flóran	flórur	flórurnar
accusative	flóru	flóruna	flórur	flórurnar
dative	flóru	flórunni	flórum	flórunum
genitive	flóru	flórunnar	flóra	flóranna

Irish

Etymology

From Latin Flōra, from flōs (“blossom”).

Noun

flóra m (genitive singular flóra)

1. (botany) flora

Declension

Declension of flóra (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative flóra vocative a fhlóra genitive flóra dative flóra forms with the definite article case singular nominative an flóra genitive an fhlóra dative leis an bhflóra don fhlóra

Mutation

Mutated forms of flóra

radical	lenition	eclipsis
flóra	fhlóra	bhflóra

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “flóra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “flóra”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “flóra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025