🇫🇷 French

flore

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

la flore

flora

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flore
/la flɔʁ/
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How do you say flore in French?

IPA
/la flɔʁ/

How do you pronounce flore in French?

flore is pronounced /la flɔʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

La flore méditerranéenne est très diverse et colorée.

The Mediterranean flora is very diverse and colorful.

Cette flore ancienne a complètement disparu après le changement climatique.

This ancient flora completely disappeared after the climate change.

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Why is it feminine?

Flore is feminine because it derives from the Latin word "flora" (feminine noun meaning flowers/flowering plants), which retained its feminine gender when adopted into French. French nouns ending in -e are typically feminine, and this feminine ending was preserved from the Latin feminine form, resulting in "la flore" (the flora).

What is the French word for flora?

The French word for flora is la flore — feminine.

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