girofle

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin caryophyllum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒiˈɾɔ.flə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒiˈɾɔ.fle]

Noun

girofle m (plural girofles)

1. (archaic) clove

   Synonyms: clavell, clavell d'espècia

Further reading

• “girofle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “girofle”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “girofle”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

French

Etymology

From Latin caryophyllum, also attested in Late Latin as gariofilum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ʁɔfl/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

  (file)

Noun

girofle m (plural girofles)

1. clove (tree)

   Synonym: giroflier

Derived terms

• clou de girofle
• giroflier

Descendants

• English: gillyflower
• → Portuguese: girofle

Further reading

• “girofle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

From French girofle.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒiˈɾɔ.fli/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒiˈɾɔ.fli/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒiˈɾɔ.fle/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒiˈɾɔ.flɨ/

• Hyphenation: gi‧ro‧fle

Noun

girofle m (plural girofles)

1. clove

   Synonyms: cravo, cravo-da-índia, cravinho

Further reading

• “girofle”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “girofle”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “girofle”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025