florin

See also: Florin and florín

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French florin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian fiorino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɒɹɪn/
• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔɹɪn/
• IPA^(key): /ˈflɑɹɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪn

Noun

florin (plural florins)

1. The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.
2. A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
3. A guilder (former currency unit of the Netherlands).
   • 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)‎^[1]:

     [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.

4. Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy.
5. A pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.

Translations

the currency of Aruba

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pre-decimal British coin

• Irish: flóirín m
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• Welsh: ffloring f, fflorin f

guilder — see guilder

any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy

• Armenian: ֆլորին (hy) (florin)
• Galician: florín m
• Italian: fiorino (it)
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• Russian: флори́н (ru) (florín)

pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin

• Maori: rua-herengi
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• Irish: ^{(please verify)} airgead croise m, ^{(please verify)} píosa croise m, ^{(please verify)} píosa crosach m
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