florin
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English
Etymology
From Middle English florin, floren, from Old French florin, from Italian fiorino (“little flower”). Doublet of fiorino.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈflɒɹɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈflɔɹɪn/
- (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA(key): /ˈflɑɹɪn/
- Rhymes: -ɒɹɪn
Noun
florin (plural florins)
- Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.
- A guilder (pre-Euro currency unit of the Netherlands).
- The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.
- A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
- 2014 September 26, Charles Quest-Ritson, “The Dutch garden where tulip bulbs live forever: Hortus Bulborum, a volunteer-run Dutch garden, is dedicated to conserving historic varieties before they vanish for good [print version: Inspired by a living bulb archive, 27 September 2014, p. G5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening)[1]:
- [I]n 1646, during the phenomenon known as "Tulipomania", a tulip like the red and white 'Admirael van der Eijck', or the purple-splashed 'Generalen van Gouda' would sell for more than 1,000 Dutch florins, at a time when the average annual income of a skilled worker was about 300 florins.
- A pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.
Translations
any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy
guilder — see guilder
pre-decimal British coin
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pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin
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French
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
florin m (plural florins)
- florin (currency)
Further reading
- “florin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Form Italian fiorino. Doublet of forint.
Noun
florin m (definite singular florinen, indefinite plural florinar, definite plural florinane)
References
- “florin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
florin m (plural florini)
Declension
Declension of florin
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) florin | florinul | (niște) florini | florinii |
genitive/dative | (unui) florin | florinului | (unor) florini | florinilor |
vocative | florinule | florinilor |
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