forint

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English

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Etymology

From Hungarian forint, from Italian fiorino (florin, former currency of Tuscany). Doublet of florin.

Pronunciation

Noun

forint (plural forints)

  1. The basic unit of currency of Hungary; formerly subdivided into 100 fillér.
    • 2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times:
      Better yet, there were no cover charges, and we didn’t bother to order drinks in half the spots. So, despite having a Slovak beer and shots of both the traditional Hungarian fruit spirit palinka and the bittersweet digestif Unicum, the entire evening cost 2,000 forints, under $10.

Translations

Anagrams

Czech

Noun

forint m inan

  1. forint

Declension

French

Noun

forint m (plural forints)

  1. forint

Hungarian

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

A wanderword. Probably via German Florin/Florentiner or Medieval Latin. Ultimately from Italian fiorino.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: fo‧rint
  • Rhymes: -int

Noun

forint (plural forintok)

  1. forint
  2. guilder (former Dutch currency)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative forint forintok
accusative forintot forintokat
dative forintnak forintoknak
instrumental forinttal forintokkal
causal-final forintért forintokért
translative forinttá forintokká
terminative forintig forintokig
essive-formal forintként forintokként
essive-modal
inessive forintban forintokban
superessive forinton forintokon
adessive forintnál forintoknál
illative forintba forintokba
sublative forintra forintokra
allative forinthoz forintokhoz
elative forintból forintokból
delative forintról forintokról
ablative forinttól forintoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
forinté forintoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
forintéi forintokéi
Possessive forms of forint
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. forintom forintjaim
2nd person sing. forintod forintjaid
3rd person sing. forintja forintjai
1st person plural forintunk forintjaink
2nd person plural forintotok forintjaitok
3rd person plural forintjuk forintjaik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ forint in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • forint in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

A wanderword. Via Hungarian forint. Ultimately from Italian fiorino.

Noun

forint m (definite singular forinten, indefinite plural forintar, definite plural forintane)

  1. forint (Hungarian currency)

References

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian forint, from Italian fiorino.

Pronunciation

Noun

forint m animal

  1. forint (currency of Hungary)

Declension

Further reading

  • forint in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • forint in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian forint, from Italian fiorino (florin, former currency of Tuscany), diminutive of fiore, from Latin flōrem, accusative of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (flower, blossom), from *bʰel- (to bloom).

Noun

forint m (plural forinți)

  1. forint

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Noun

fòrīnt m (Cyrillic spelling фо̀рӣнт)

  1. forint
    Synonym: forínta

Swedish

Noun

forint c

  1. forint, currency of Hungary

Declension

Declension of forint 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative forint forinten forinter forinterna
Genitive forints forintens forinters forinternas

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