florín

See also: florin and Florin

Galician

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfloɾiŋ/

Noun

florín m (plural floríns)

  1. florin
    • 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:
      quatrocentos floriis douro de Florença
      four hundred florins of gold of Florence

References
  • “florín” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “florín” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “florín” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish

Etymology

From Old French florin, from Italian fiorino. Doublet of forinto.

Noun

florín m (plural florines)

  1. florin (any unit of currency called thus)
  2. guilder (any unit of currency called thus)

Derived terms

Further reading
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