florín

See also: florin and Florin

Galician

Alternative forms

• florim (reintegrationist)

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “florín”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “florín” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “florín”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “florín”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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

• florín húngaro

Further reading

• “florín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10