fleur-de-lis
UK/ˌflɜːdəˈliːs//ˌflɝdəˈlis/
fleur-de-lis noun: a design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom (⚜, ⚜️), often used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy.
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Noun
fleur-de-lis (plural fleurs-de-lis or fleur-de-lises or fleur-de-lisses)
- A design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom (⚜, ⚜️), often used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy.
- Adorned all with gemmes of endlesse price, […] And all embost with Lyons and with Flour-delice.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- And waſh the Sanguin’d Fleur-de-Liſſes white.a. 1700?, The Pepys Ballads, published 1987, page 73
- The main element in the logo of most Scouting organizations, representing a major theme in Scouting: the outdoors and wilderness.
Proper noun capitalized: Fleur-de-lis
Fleur-de-lis
- A village in Blackwood community, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1596).
Forms of fleur-de-lis
| plural | fleurs-de-lis |
|---|---|
| plural | fleur-de-lises |
| plural | fleur-de-lisses |
| alternative form | fleur de lis |
| alternative form | fleur-de-lys |
| alternative form | flower-de-lis |
| alternative form | flower de lis |
| alternative form | fleur-de-luce |
| alternative form | flour-delice |
| alternative form | flower delice |
| alternative form | flower-de-luce |
Origin of fleur-de-lis
From earlier flower-de-luce, from Middle English flourdelis, from Anglo-Norman flour de lis (“lily flower”); later remodelled after modern French fleur de lis (“lily flower”).
Words formed from fleur-de-lis
Questions about fleur-de-lis
- What does fleur-de-lis mean?
- Fleur-de-lis means a design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom (⚜, ⚜️), often used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy.
- What part of speech is fleur-de-lis?
- Fleur-de-lis can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce fleur-de-lis?
- Fleur-de-lis is pronounced /ˌflɝdəˈlis/ (US).
- What is the plural of fleur-de-lis?
- The plural of fleur-de-lis is fleurs-de-lis.
Words near fleur-de-lis in the dictionary
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