fleur-de-lis
See also: fleur de lis
English
Alternative forms
- fleur-de-lys
- fleur-de-luce, flour-delice, flower-de-luce (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from French fleur de lys (“lily flower”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌflɝdəˈlis/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌflɜːdəˈliːs/
Noun
fleur-de-lis (plural fleurs-de-lis)
- (heraldry) 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:
Synonyms
Translations
heraldic charge
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