fleur-de-lis
[ flur-dl-ee, -ees, floo r-; French flœr-duh-lees ]
/ ˌflɜr dlˈi, -ˈis, ˌflʊər-; French flœr dəˈlis /
noun, plural fleurs-de-lis [flur-dl-eez, floo r-; French flœr-duh-lees] /ˌflɜr dlˈiz, ˌflʊər-; French flœr dəˈlis/.
a heraldic device somewhat resembling three petals or floral segments of an iris tied by an encircling band.
the heraldic bearing of the royal family of France.
the iris flower or plant.
Also
fleur-de-lys
(for defs 1, 2).
Origin of fleur-de-lis
1300–50; < French; replacing Middle English
flourdelis < Anglo-French
flour de lis, literally, lily flower
Words nearby fleur-de-lis
fletching,
fletchings,
fletschhorn,
flettner control,
fleur,
fleur-de-lis,
fleur-de-lys,
fleurette,
fleuron,
fleury,
flevoland