Noun: florín
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | florín |
| Plural m | floríns |
Sample Sentences
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quatrocentos floriis douro de Florença (four hundred florins of gold of Florence) [1357, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Transcrición íntegra dos documentos, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 170:]
Nouns inflected like florín
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Attested since the 14th century. From Old French florin, from Old Italian fiorino, initially the currency of Florence later copied by Aragon and many other European states and authorities See: Italian Nouns '
fiorino'.
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