flor-de-lis

See also: flor de lis

Portuguese

Flor-de-lis (sense 1)

Flor-de-lis (sense 2)

Alternative forms

• flor de lis

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfloʁ.d͡ʒiˈlis/ [ˌfloɦ.d͡ʒiˈlis]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfloʁ.d͡ʒiˈlis/ [ˌfloɦ.d͡ʒiˈlis]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌfloɾ.d͡ʒiˈlis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌfloʁ.d͡ʒiˈliʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfloɻ.deˈlis/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfloɾ.dɨˈliʃ/ [ˌfloɾ.ðɨˈliʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfloɾ.dɨˈliʃ/ [ˌfloɾ.ðɨˈliʃ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌflo.ɾi.dɨˈliʃ/ [ˌflo.ɾi.ðɨˈliʃ]

• Hyphenation: flor‧de‧lis

Noun

flor-de-lis f (plural flores-de-lis)

1. (heraldry) fleur-de-lis (design representing a flower with three petals)
2. Jacobean lily (Sprekelia formosissima)

Further reading

• “flor-de-lis”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• flor-de-lis on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt