florist

See also: Florist

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French fleuriste, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin floris (“genitive singular of flōs, flower”), +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɒɹɪst/

Noun

florist (plural florists)

1. A person who sells flowers.
2. A person who cultivates flowers.
3. A person who studies or writes about flowers.

Derived terms

• artificial florist

Translations

a person who sells flowers

• Bulgarian: цветар m (cvetar), цветарка f (cvetarka)
• Burmese: ပန်းသည် (pan:sany)
• Catalan: florista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 花商 (zh) (huāshāng)

• Czech: květinář m
• Dutch: bloemist (nl) m, bloemenverkoper m
• Esperanto: floristo
• Faroese: blómuhandlari m
• Finnish: kukkakauppias (fi)
• French: fleuriste (fr) m or f
• Galician: florista
• German: Blumenhändler (de) m, Florist (de) m, Floristin f
• Greek: ανθοπώλης (el) m (anthopólis), ανθοκόμος (el) m (anthokómos)
• Hungarian: virágárus (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: fioraio (it) m, fioraia f
• Japanese: 花屋 (はなや, hanaya)
• Khmer: អ្នកលក់ផ្កា (neak lʊək pkaa)
• Lao: ຄົນຂາຍດອກໄມ້ (khon khāi dǭk mai)
• Macedonian: цвеќар m (cveḱar), цвеќарка f (cveḱarka)
• Maltese: florist m, florista f, tal-fjuri
• Polish: kwiaciarz (pl) m, kwiaciarka (pl) f, florysta (pl) m, florystka f
• Portuguese: florista (pt) m or f, floreiro m
• Romanian: florar (ro) m
• Russian: торго́вец цвета́ми m (torgóvec cvetámi), цвето́чник (ru) m (cvetóčnik), флори́ст (ru) m (floríst)
• Spanish: florista (es) m or f
• Swedish: blomsterhandlare c, florist (sv) c
• Turkish: çiçekçi (tr)
• Vietnamese: người bán hoa

Anagrams

• firlots

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Dutch

Etymology

Early 17th century. Possibly borrowed from English florist or French fleuriste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /floːˈrɪst/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: flo‧rist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

florist m (plural floristen, diminutive floristje n)

1. (historical) speculator in tulips around the time of the tulip mania

   Synonym: bloemist

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fleuriste (modelled after floare).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /floˈrist/

Noun

florist m (plural floriști, feminine equivalent floristă)

1. (rare) florist

Declension

Declension of florist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) florist	floristul	(niște) floriști	floriștii
genitive/dative	(unui) florist	floristului	(unor) floriști	floriștilor
vocative	floristule		floriștilor

Synonyms

• florar

Related terms

• floare
• floral
• floră
• floristic
• floristică

References

• florist in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)