Fleur definition

From Latin florem, the accusative of flos, floris ("flower" or "the finest part of something")

fleur (plural: fleurs)

Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").

Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs.

I went to pick a flower in the fields.

Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs.

He offered me magnificent flowers.
Flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself.

Les orchidées sont des fleurs recherchées.

Orchids are the flowers sought.
A kind favor given by one person to another.

Il m’a fait une fleur.

He gave me a kind favor.
The best of something.

Voici la fine fleur de la jeunesse française.

Here's the cream of the crop of French youth.

Mourir à la fleur de l’âge.

to die in the prime of life
The virginity of a woman.
- Jean de la Fontaine, Fables
  
  Il est bon de garder sa fleur ; mais pour l’avoir perdue il ne se faut pas pendre.
  
  It is wise to guard one's blossom, but to have lost it one should not hang.
Substances with a state of purity or extreme separation, produced by sublimation.

Fleurs de soufre, de zinc, d’arsenic, d’antimoine.

refinements of sulfer, zinc, arsenic, antimony

angiosperme aide, faveur, service crème de la crème, élite, gratin, meilleur, nec plus ultra vertu, virginité

flower, bloom, blossom

flower, bloom, blossom

flower, bloom, blossom