millefleur

mille·fleur

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [meel-flur, -floo r; French meel-flœr]
- /milˈflɜr, -ˈflʊər; French milˈflœr/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [meel-flur, -floo r; French meel-flœr]
- /milˈflɜr, -ˈflʊər; French milˈflœr/

Definitions of millefleur word

adjective millefleur having a background sprinkled with representations of flowers, as certain tapestries or pieces of glasswork. 1
noun millefleur A background of many small flowers and plants, popular in tapestry of the Middle Ages in Europe. 1
adjective millefleur having a millefleurs design 0

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Origin of millefleur

First appearance:

before 1905

One of the 15% newest English words

1905-10; < French mille fleurs literally, thousand flowers; cf. millefiori

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Parts of speech for Millefleur

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millefleur popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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