abloom
/əˈbluːm/adverb, adjective
abloom is an adverb meaning “In or into bloom; in a blooming state; having flower blooms unfolding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-B-L-O-O-M and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 78 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does abloom mean?
adverb
- 1
In or into bloom; in a blooming state; having flower blooms unfolding.
adjective
- 1
Blooming; covered in flowers.
- 2
Having something growing or grown.
- 3
Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; exhibiting youth-like beauty.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce abloom?
- US /əˈbluːm/
Abloom has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-abloom.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of abloom
- more abloom comparative
- most abloom superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is abloom?
Abloom appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Abloom in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense (postpositive) in or into bloom; in a blooming state:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | florescente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does abloom come from?
From a- (“in”) + bloom (“flower”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).