flores

¹ American  

[flawr-eez, flohr-] / ˈflɔr iz, ˈfloʊr- /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. flower.

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Flores ² American  

[flaw-res, flawr-is, -eez, flohr-, flaw-rish] / ˈflɔ rɛs, ˈflɔr ɪs, -iz, ˈfloʊr-, ˈflɔ rɪʃ /

noun

1. Juan José 1800–64, Ecuadorian general and statesman: president 1830–35, 1839–45.

2. one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia, separated from Sulawesi by the Flores Sea. 7,753 sq. mi. (20,080 sq. km).

3. the westernmost island of the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 55 sq. mi. (142 sq. km).

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Flores British  

/ ˈflɔːrɛs /

noun

1. an island in Indonesia, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, between the Flores Sea and the Savu Sea: mountainous, with active volcanoes and unexplored forests. Chief town: Ende. Area: 17 150 sq km (6622 sq miles)

2. an island in the Atlantic, the westernmost of the Azores. Chief town: Santa Cruz. Area: 142 sq km (55 sq miles)

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Etymology

Origin of flores

1655–65; < Latin flōrēs plural of flōs flower

Example Sentences

Debajo de estas, había una veintena de agentes hispanos con uniformes azules y verdes sentados en mesas plegables de plástico con manteles de colores vivos y jarrones de barro con flores.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2022

Una pianista está de paso en México y visita una tumba llevando flores, un joven le reclama que allí yace su madre.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2020

Mi cuerpo libre para una patria libre. @latingrammys #latingrammys Instagram lo censura por eso las flores.

From The Guardian • Nov. 15, 2019

Dressed in a large white tablecloth adorned with plastic fruit and a crown of pink flores de maga atop her dark, curly brown hair, Colón strides onstage with effortless confidence.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2019

They are sometimes called flores rhetoricae—“the flowers of rhetoric.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith