florin
Meaning
- 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.
Synonyms
Dutch florin
Axis Powers
Translations
fiorino
florin
florim
φιορίνι
florín
gulden
ايطاليا
Italienische RepublikPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈflɒɹɪn/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English florin, floren, from Old French florin, from Italian fiorino (“little flower”). Doublet of fiorino and forint.
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