florin
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florin¹
- /ˈflɒɹɪn/ UK
- /ˈflɔɹɪn/ US
- /ˈflɑɹɪn/ New York City, Philadelphia
Rhymes with -ɒɹɪn
Where it comes from
From Middle English florin, floren, from Old French florin, from Italian fiorino (“little flower”). Doublet of fiorino and forint.
noun florins
- Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.
- 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.
- The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.
- A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
- A pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.
Florin²
proper noun
- A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.
Translations
Talk about this word "florin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/florin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. florin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/florin "florin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/florin.Cite this
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year = {2026},
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