florete

Latin

Verb

flōrēte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of flōreō

Old French

Alternative forms

• flurete (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

flor +‎ -ete.

Noun

florete oblique singular, f (oblique plural floretes, nominative singular florete, nominative plural floretes)

1. (small) flower

Descendants

• → English: floret
• French: fleurette

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French fleuret (“foil”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /floˈɾe.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /floˈɾe.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /floˈɾe.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fluˈɾe.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: flo‧re‧te

Noun

florete m (plural floretes)

1. (fencing) foil

Related terms

• esgrima, sabre, espada

Further reading

• “florete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “florete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French fleuret.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /floˈɾete/ [floˈɾe.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: flo‧re‧te

Noun

florete m (plural floretes)

1. (fencing) foil

Further reading

• “florete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025