florin

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English florin, floren, from Old French florin, from Italian fiorino (“little flower”). Doublet of fiorino and forint. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈflɒɹɪn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈflɔɹɪn/ (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA(key): /ˈflɑɹɪn/ Rhymes: -ɒɹɪn === Noun === florin (plural 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). 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. ==== Translations ==== == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === florin m (plural florins) florin (currency) === Further reading === “florin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Form Italian fiorino. Doublet of forint. === Noun === florin m (definite singular florinen, indefinite plural florinar, definite plural florinane) florin (Florentine gold currency) florin (Dutch guilder) === References === “florin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Florin. === Noun === florin m (plural florini) florin ==== Declension ====