florin

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See also: Florin and florín

English

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Etymology

From Middle English florin, floren, from Old French florin, from Italian fiorino (“little flower”). Doublet of fiorino.

Pronunciation

Noun

florin (plural florins)

  1. Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.
  2. A guilder (pre-Euro currency unit of the Netherlands).
  3. The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.
  4. 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)‎:
      [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.
  5. A pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.

Translations

guilder — see guilder
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French

Pronunciation

Noun

florin m (plural florins)

  1. florin (currency)

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Form Italian fiorino. Doublet of forint.

Noun

florin m (definite singular florinen, indefinite plural florinar, definite plural florinane)

  1. florin (Florentine gold currency)
  2. florin (Dutch guilder)

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Florin.

Noun

florin m (plural florini)

  1. florin

Declension

Declension of florin
singular plural
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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