fleur-de-lys

[ flur-dl-ee, -ees, floor-; French flœr-duh-lees ]

noun,plural fleurs-de-lys

[flur-dl-eez, floor-; French flœr-duh-lees]. /ˌflɜr dlˈiz, ˌflʊər-; French flœr dəˈlis/.

fleur-de-lis (defs. 1, 2).

Words Nearby fleur-de-lys

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How to use fleur-de-lys in a sentence

Her tomb is said to be still extant, and to be distinguished by a fleur de lys impressed on it by command of the King.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 | Lt-Col. Pinkney
They will be sure to have put up at the Fleur de Lys, it is the only hostelry where they could find decent accommodation.
The Cornet of Horse | G. A. Henty
The gland, which takes all intermediary forms between ball and point, has in the rhinoceros the shape of a gross fleur-de-lys.
The Natural Philosophy of Love | Remy de Gourmont
Between them the hour is divided into quarters, the half hour being shown by a longer stroke, or an ornament like a fleur-de-lys.
The Old Furniture Book | N. Hudson Moore
It will be noticed that in the three marks of different members of 224 the family the fleur-de-lys appears.
Printers' Marks | William Roberts

British Dictionary definitions for fleur-de-lys

fleur-de-lys

fleur-de-lis

/ (ˌflɜːdəˈliː) /

nounplural fleurs-de-lys or fleurs-de-lis (ˌflɜːdəˈliːz)

heraldry a charge representing a lily with three distinct petals
another name for iris (def. 2)

Origin of fleur-de-lys

C19: from Old French flor de lis, literally: lily flower

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