blossom
To have, or open into, blossomsTo have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
» The cherry trees are about to blossom.
Die Kirschbäume stehen kurz vor der Blüte. — qweruiop
Die Kirschbäume stehen kurz vor ihrer Blüte. — mayabe
Скоро зацветёт черешня. — shanghainese
Вишни вот-вот зацветут. — Selena777
Скоро заквітне черешня. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(intransitive)To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
blühen, erblühen
цвести́cvestí, расцвета́тьrascvetátʹ, расцвести́rascvestí
цвісти́cvistý, кві́тнутиkvítnuty, розцвіта́тиrozcvitáty
(intransitive)To begin to thrive or flourish.
blühen, aufblühen
расцвета́тьrascvetátʹ, расцвести́rascvestí
- develop or come to a promising stage
- produce or yield flowers
Examples
159 sentencesThe cherry trees are about to blossom.
Скоро заквітне черешня. — deniko
ruСкоро зацветёт черешня. — shanghainese
deDie Kirschbäume stehen kurz vor der Blüte. — qweruiop
Cherry blossoms last only for a few days, a week at the most.
Цвітіння сакури триває лише кілька днів, найдовше - тиждень. — anastasishko
ruЦветение сакуры всего лишь длится несколько дней и никогда больше недели. — FeuDRenais
Plum blossoms come out in March.
ruСлива расцветает в марте. — Wezel
Cherry blossoms are in full bloom.
This soap smells like cherry blossoms.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmôFrom 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
blossoms, blossoming, blossomed, blossomedSynonyms
12 synonyms- develop or come to a promising stage:blossom outblossom forthunfold
- produce or yield flowers:bloomflower
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- cherry blossoms
- the cherry blossoms
- cherry blossoms are
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.