flocon means “snowflake” | MotiTan French Dictionary

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Un flocon de neige est tombé sur mon nez.

A snowflake fell on my nose.

A delicate flake that drifts gently through the air or settles in a loose cluster.

flocon de neige: A small crystal of snow falling from the sky.
flocon d'avoine: A thin, flattened piece of oat used as food.

Petit morceau de neige formé de cristaux de glace, qui descend doucement dans l'air.

French flocon developed from Old French floc and ultimately Latin floccus, a word for a tuft or lock of wool.

In flocon de neige, de identifies the substance, while flocon d'avoine means an oat flake.