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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
florentine en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈflɒɹəntiːn/
- /ˈflɒɹəntaɪn/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
Latin flōrens
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin Flōrentia
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
Latin Flōrentīnus
French florentinbor.
English florentine
Borrowed from French florentin.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, postpositional) Cooked or served with spinach.
Eggs florentine is on the menu.
florentine en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈflɒɹəntiːn/
- /ˈflɒɹəntaɪn/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
Latin flōrens
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin Flōrentia
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
Latin Flōrentīnus
French florentinbor.
English florentine
Borrowed from French florentin.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A biscuit consisting mostly of nuts and preserved fruit, usually coated with chocolate on one side.
They boyle it alſo, and after dry it and bray it, and of this bran, with egges, hony, milke, and butter of Cocos, they make Florentines, and verie good belly-timber.
1625, Samuel Purchas, “Their Cocos and other fruits and food, their Trades and trading, Creatures profitable and hurtfull. Of Male their principall Iland. Their Houſes, Candou, Languages, Apparell.”, in Pvrchas his Pilgrimes. In Five Bookes. … The Second Part., volume II, London: Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Rose, →OCLC, page 1643 [sic: 1653]:
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A kind of durable silk.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A kind of pudding or tart or meat pie.
Stealing custards, tarts, and florentines.
1606, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Woman-Hater”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act V, scene i:
Forms
Synonyms
Florentine
Translations (2)
de Florentiner (A biscuit of nuts and fruit) · pl florentynka (A biscuit of nuts and fruit)