Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.

    The blossom has come early this year.

    Blüte

    цвето́кcvetók

    кві́ткаkvítka, цвітcvit, цвітcvit

  2. (countable, uncountable)The state or season of producing such flowers.

    The orchard is in blossom.

    Blüte

    пери́од цветенияperíod cvetenija, цвете́ниеcveténije, расцве́тrascvét

    цвіті́нняcvitínnja

  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.

    Blütezeit

    расцве́тrascvét

    ро́зквітrózkvit

  4. (countable, uncountable)The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.

More definitions
  • reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
  • the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

Examples

159 sentences
  1. The cherry trees are about to blossom.

    Скоро заквітне черешня.

    ruСкоро зацветёт черешня.

    deDie Kirschbäume stehen kurz vor der Blüte.

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  2. Cherry blossoms last only for a few days, a week at the most.

    Цвітіння сакури триває лише кілька днів, найдовше - тиждень.

    ruЦветение сакуры всего лишь длится несколько дней и никогда больше недели.

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  3. Plum blossoms come out in March.

    ruСлива расцветает в марте.

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  4. Cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

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  5. This soap smells like cherry blossoms.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
flowers on trees:
state or season for such flowers:
blooming period or stage of development:
Русский
By meaning 2
flowers on trees:
state or season for such flowers:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
flowers on trees:
blooming period or stage of development:

Origin

From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô

From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem; related to *blōstaz [compare German Blust]), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin flōs (“flower”), Flōra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4).

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Forms

plural: blossoms

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

27 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • cherry blossoms
  • the cherry blossoms
  • cherry blossoms are

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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