flétrir, v.a., to wither, to dry up, to cause to fade, to blight, to blast; to tarnish, to blemish, to brand, to disgrace, to stain, to dishonor, to stigmatize.
se flétrir, v.r., to fade, to wither, to tarnish; to dishonor one’s self; to be branded, to be stigmatized.
flétrissant, -e, adj., dishonoring, blighting.
flétrissure, n.f., fading, decaying, withering; blemish, blot, brand, discredit, disgrace; stigma.
flette, n.f., flat-bottomed boat.
fleur, n.f., flower, bloom, blossom; choice, best, pick; flourish; (pharm.) flour. — de farine; best flour, whites. —s d’arbre; blossoms of a tree. Être dans la — de son âge; to be in the prime of life. Être dans toute sa —; to be in its prime (of a thing). Avoir la — d’une chose; to have the best of a thing. Semer de —s; to strew with flowers. —s blanches; whites, fluor-albus. À — de; even with, level with. À — de terre; even with the ground. Fine —; pick, flower. À —s; flowery, flowered. Yeux à — de tête; goggle or prominent eyes. Entrer en —; to flower, bloom. À — d’eau; between wind and water.
fleurage, n.m., pollard.
fleuraison or floraison, n.f., efflorescence, blowing-time, flowering season.
fleur de lis, n.f., fleur-de-lis.
fleurdelisé, -e, part., marked with a fleur-de-lis.