fler

See also: fler-

Cornish

Etymology 1

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Noun

fler m (plural fleryow)

1. odour, smell, stench, stink

Derived terms

• flerya (“smell, stink”, verb)
• flerys (“pungent, smelly, stinking”, adjective)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fler

1. inflection of flerya:
   1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• “fler” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Latin

Verb

fler

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of flō

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French fleur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɛː/

Noun

fler

1. flower

Related terms

• fleri
• fleris
• floral

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 107
• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 364

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• flere

Adjective

fler

1. comparative degree of mange (English more) (countable).

Pronoun

fler

1. more

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French flair.

Noun

fler n (plural fleruri)

1. flair

Declension

	singular	plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fler	flerul	fleruri	flerurile
genitive-dative	fler	flerului	fleruri	flerurilor
vocative	flerule	flerurilor

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish flere, flæster, from Old Norse fleiri, from Proto-Germanic *flaizô, derived from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“full, many”). Cognate, among others, with Icelandic fleiri, flestr, Latin plūs and Ancient Greek πλέως (pléōs), πλεῖστος (pleîstos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fleːr/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

fler or flera (plural only, superlative flest or flesta)

1. more and most (in numbers)

   De var många, men vi var fler.

   They were many, but there were more of us.

   De flesta kan läsa.

   Most [people] can read.

   Jag plockade fler äpplen än Anna, men Sven plockade flest äpplen.

   I picked more apples than Anna, but Sven picked even more apples.

   Sven plockade de flesta äpplena, så blev det inte så många kvar till Anna och mig.

   Sven picked most of the apples [from the tree], so not many were left to Anna and me.

Usage notes

• Many native Swedish speakers would consider this to be a comparative of mången, månget, många (“many”), which however is a pronoun and not an adjective.

See also

• mer

Further reading

• “fler”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)