blossom

Syllables: blos·som/ˈblɒs.əm//ˈblɑ.səm/

blossom noun: a flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.

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Noun

blossom (countable and uncountable, plural blossoms)

A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
- The blossom has come early this year.
- And on the moꝛowe / Moſes went in to the tabernacle: and beholde / the rod of Aaron of the houſſe of Leui was budded ⁊ bare bloſomes and almondes.1530 January 27 (Gregorian calendar), W[illiam] T[yndale], transl., [The Pentateuch] (Tyndale Bible), Malborow [Marburg], Hesse: […] Hans Luft [actually Antwerp: Johan Hoochstraten], →OCLC, Numeri...
The state or season of producing such flowers.
- The orchard is in blossom.
- Down by the River Wye, among plum-trees in blossom, Noel had laid her baby in a hammock, and stood reading a letter: […]1919 October, John Galsworthy, chapter I, in Saint’s Progress, London: William Heinemann, published December 1919, →OCLC, part III, 1 §, page 217
(figuratively) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
- This beauty, in the blossom of my youth, / When my first fire knew no adulterate incense, / Nor I no way to flatter, but my fondness; / […] long did I love this lady, / Long was my travail, long my trade to win her; / With all the duty of my soul, I served her.c. 1619–1622, Philip Massinger, “A Very Woman”, in Three New Playes: viz. The Bashful Lover, Guardian, Very Woman. […], London: […] Humphrey Moseley, […], published 1655, →OCLC, act IV, scene iii...
The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.
- For colour he [Nobs, a horse] was neither black-bay, brown-bay, dapple-bay, black-grey, iron-grey, sad-grey, branded-grey, sandy-grey, dapple-grey, silver-grey, dun, mouse-dun, flea-backed, flea-bitten, rount, blossom, roan, pye-bald, rubican, sorrel, cow-coloured sorrel, bright sorrel, burnt...1834–1847, Robert Southey, “A Feeble Attempt to Describe the Physical and Moral Qualities of Nobs”, in John Wood Warter, editor, The Doctor, &c., London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and...

Verb

blossom (third-person singular simple present blossoms, present participle blossoming, simple past and past participle blossomed)

(intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
- ANd the Loꝛde ſpake vnto Moſes ſayenge: ſpeake vnto the childern of Iſrael and take of them / foꝛ euery pꝛyncypall houſſe a rod / of their pꝛinces ouer the houſſes of their fathers: euen .xij. roddes / and wꝛyte euery mans name apon his rod. […] And his rod whom I choſe / ſhall bloſſome: So I wyll...1530 January 27 (Gregorian calendar), W[illiam] T[yndale], transl., [The Pentateuch] (Tyndale Bible), Malborow [Marburg], Hesse: […] Hans Luft [actually Antwerp: Johan Hoochstraten], →OCLC, Numeri...
- The Utricularia vulgaris or bladder-wort, a yellow pea-like flower, has blossomed in stagnant pools.1851 June 22, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, edited by H[arrison] G[ray] O[tis] Blake, Summer: From the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau, London: T. Fisher Unwin, […], published 1884, →OCLC, page 210
Synonyms:

bloom, come into bloom, come into blossom, flower, blow
(intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish.
- A quiet, studious man, rich in the wisdom that is better than learning, the charity which calls all mankind "brother," the piety that blossoms into character, making it august and lovely.1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “Gossip”, in Little Women: […], 2nd part, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC, page 5
- Since I came back from Pomona I have done many drawings to illustrate the Inferno of Dante [Alighieri] and I find my old Italian love blossoming all over again for this greatest of all master poets, bar none.1961 January 30, Rico Lebrun, “New Haven · Capri · Rome (1958–1960) [To David Lebrun from Los Angeles, January 30, 1961]”, in James Renner, David Lebrun, editors, In the Meridian of the Heart...
Synonyms:

bloom, flourish, grow, prosper, thrive

Proper noun capitalized: Blossom

Blossom

A hamlet in New York.
A city in Texas.
(rare) A female given name.
- The resulting craze is probably attributable to a Waialua Elementary guidance teacher, Blossom Galbiso, who introduced the game into O'ahu schoolyards in 1992.1995, Robert C. Schmitt, Firsts and Almost Firsts in Hawaii, page 192

blossom meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

blossom in Hindi

flowers on trees: मुकुल mukul, फूल phūl
have or open into blossoms: खिलना khilnā

blossom in Tamil

to blossom, bloom, flower: பூ pū
to blossom, open up: அலர் alar
blossom, full-blown flower: இணர் iṇar
to blossom: சிரி ciri, எதிர் etir, ஞெகிழ் ñekiḻ, பய paya, விடு viṭu

blossom in Marathi

have or open into blossoms: फुलणे phulṇe

blossom in Urdu

blooming period or stage of development: کھلنا khilnā
have or open into blossoms: کھلنا khilnā

More languagesFewer languages

blossom in Bengali: অঙ্কুর oṅkur
blossom in Malayalam: പുഷ്പിക്കുക puṣpikkuka
blossom in Kannada: ಬಿರಿ biri
blossom in Punjabi: ٹہکنا ṭahakṇā
blossom in Gujarati: ફૂલ phūl, બહાર bahār
blossom in Sanskrit: पुष्प puṣpa
blossom in Assamese: ফুলা phula
blossom in Arabic: زَهْرَة zahra, زَهَرَ zahara
blossom in Persian: شکوفه šokufe, شکفتن šekoftan
blossom in Thai: ดอกไม้ dɔ̀ɔk-máai, ดอก dɔ̀ɔk, บาน baan
blossom in Vietnamese: bông, nở
blossom in Myanmar: ပွင့် pwang., ပန်းပွင့် pan:pwang.

Examples of blossom in a sentence

The Bloſſoms will fall of themſelves, when the Root that nouriſhes them is deſtroyed.1711 March 16, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, editors, The Spectator, volume I, number 16, London: […] S[amuel] Buckley, […]; and J[acob]...
Eswatini enjoys a blossoming diplomatic tie with Taiwan — currently the East Asian country’s only ally in Africa.2021 June 29, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, “Officials deny King of Eswatini – Africa’s lone absolute monarch – has fled”, in CNN:

All 40 example sentences with blossom

Synonyms of blossom

bloom
come into bloom
come into blossom
flower
blow
flourish
grow
prosper
thrive

All synonyms of blossom

Forms of blossom

Noun
plural	blossoms
alternative form	blasom
Verb
third-person singular present	blossoms
present participle	blossoming
past participle	blossomed
past	blossomed

Past tense of blossom: blossomed

Plural of blossom: blossoms

Origin of blossom

From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem; related to *blōstaz [compare German Blust]), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin flōs (“flower”), Flōra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4).

From blossom.

Words formed from blossom

Phrases with blossom

Words that rhyme with blossom

possum

Questions about blossom

What does blossom mean?: Blossom means a flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
What is blossom in Hindi?: Blossom in Hindi is मुकुल (mukul), फूल (phūl), खिलना (khilnā). See Blossom meaning in Hindi.
How do you use blossom in a sentence?: The Bloſſoms will fall of themſelves, when the Root that nouriſhes them is deſtroyed.
What part of speech is blossom?: Blossom can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce blossom?: Blossom is pronounced /ˈblɒs.əm/ (UK).
What is the plural of blossom?: The plural of blossom is blossoms.

Words near blossom in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: blossom (page history and authors); Blossom (page history and authors); அலர் (Tamil) (page history and authors); অঙ্কুর (Bengali) (page history and authors); ಬಿರಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ٹہکنا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ફૂલ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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