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fleuron

UK/ˈfl(j)ʊəɹɒn/US/ˈflʊɹɑn/

fleuron noun: an ornament or knob in the shape of a flower.

fleuron: an ornament or knob in the shape of a flower
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Noun

fleuron (plural fleurons)

  1. An ornament or knob in the shape of a flower
  2. The small decorative flower at the centre of each side of a Corinthian abacus; a flos.
  3. A decorative typographic element, used to separate passages or simply for decoration. Often doubled, e.g. 🙚 🙘 or 🙘🙚, or combined with other fleurons into a short line.
    • Fleurons include ❦, 🙐, 🙘, 🙠, 🙨, ☘, 🙬, 🕊, ✾, 𐡷, 𐫱.

fleuron meaning in Tamil

fleuron in Tamil

மலரணி

Forms of fleuron

pluralfleurons

Origin of fleuron

From Old French floron (“flower”), spelling later changed to match modern French fleuron.

Words that rhyme with fleuron

Questions about fleuron

What does fleuron mean?
Fleuron means an ornament or knob in the shape of a flower.
What is fleuron in Tamil?
Fleuron in Tamil is மலரணி. See Fleuron meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fleuron?
Fleuron is a noun.
How do you pronounce fleuron?
Fleuron is pronounced /ˈflʊɹɑn/ (US).
What is the plural of fleuron?
The plural of fleuron is fleurons.

Words near fleuron in the dictionary

  1. fleurette
  2. fleurettes
  3. fleuretty
  4. fleurettée
  5. Fleuri
  6. fleuron
  7. fleurons
  8. fleurs
  9. fleurs de sel
  10. fleurs-de-lis
  11. fleurs-de-lys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fleuron (page history and authors); fleuron (Tamil Wiktionary) (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.

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