florist

From French fleuriste, from Latin floris (“genitive singular of flōs, flower”), +‎ -ist.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈflɒɹɪst/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈfloɹɪst/
• (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA^(key): /ˈflɑɹɪst/
• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪst
• Hyphenation: flor‧ist

florist (plural florists)

1. A person who sells flowers.
2. A person who cultivates flowers.
3. A person who studies or writes about flowers.
4. A florist's shop.
   • 2010, Cassie Miles, Hook, Line and Shotgun Bride, page 33:

     “After the gown, we can go to the florist, then stop by the lingerie store.”

• artificial florist

• firlots

Early 17th century. Possibly borrowed from English florist or French fleuriste.

• IPA^(key): /floːˈrɪst/

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• Hyphenation: flo‧rist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

florist m (plural floristen, diminutive floristje n)

1. (botany) one who engages in the study of wild flora (floristics)
2. (historical) speculator in tulips around the time of the tulip mania

   Synonym: bloemist

Borrowed from French fleuriste (modelled after floare).

• IPA^(key): /floˈrist/

florist m (plural floriști, feminine equivalent floristă)

1. (rare) florist

   Synonym: florar

• florist in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

florist

Wikipedia ^sv

From French fleuriste, from Latin floris (“genitive singular of flōs, flower”), +‎ -ist.

florist c

1. a florist

• florist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• florist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• florist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)