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florin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈflɒɹɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈflɑɹɪn/ (New-York-City, Philadelphia)
• /ˈflɔɹɪn/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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).
   • [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. 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):
3. The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.
4. A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
5. A pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.

Forms

Translations (18)

ga píosa crosach (pre-decimal British coin) · da florin (any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy) · gl florín (any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy) · fr florin (any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy) · cy fflorin (pre-decimal British coin) · ga airgead croise (pre-decimal British coin) · it fiorino (any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy) · nl florijn (any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy) · hy ֆլորին (any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy) · ast florín (any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy) · ast florín (the currency of Aruba) · ga píosa croise (pre-decimal British coin) · cy ffloring (pre-decimal British coin) · ru флори́н (any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy) · ga flóirín (pre-decimal British coin) · mi rua-herengi (pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin) · nl florijn (the currency of Aruba) · ca florí (any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy)