florin

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

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

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈflɔɹɪn/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /ˈflɑɹɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪn

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.

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florin m (plural florins)

1. florin (currency)

• “florin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Form Italian fiorino. Doublet of forint.

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

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

• “florin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from German Florin.

florin m (plural florini)

1. florin