fleur-de-lis
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
fleur-de-lis
- (heraldiccharge) A design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom, often used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.9:
- Adorned all with gemmes of endlesse price, […] And all embost with Lyons and with Flour-delice.
- 2013, Lesley Gillian, The Guardian, 26 Apr 2013:
- One room has a pink marble bathroom with a gold fleur de lys pattern around the tub.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.9:
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- French: fleur de lys, fleur de lis
- German: Lilie
- Italian: giglio
- Portuguese: flor-de-lis
- Russian: лилия
- Spanish: flor de lis
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