Florentine

See also: florentine

English

Etymology

From French florentin, from Latin flōrentīnus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈflɒɹəntaɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈflɔɹəntin/

Adjective

Florentine (comparative more Florentine, superlative most Florentine)

1. Of or relating to the Italian city of Florence.

Derived terms

• florentine
• Florentine beefsteak
• Florentine flogging
• Florentine steak

 

Translations

of or relating to the Italian city of Florence

• Asturian: florentín
• Catalan: florentí (ca)
• Czech: florentský (cs)
• Danish: florentinsk
• Dutch: Florentijns
• Finnish: firenzeläinen (fi)
• French: florentin (fr)
• Galician: florentino (gl)
• German: florentinisch (de), Florentiner (de)
• Greek: φλωρεντινός (el) (florentinós)
• Hungarian: firenzei (hu)
• Italian: fiorentino (it)
• Latin: flōrentīnus
• Polish: florencki (pl)
• Portuguese: florentino (pt)
• Romanian: florentin (ro)
• Russian: флоренти́йский (ru) (florentíjskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фирѐнтӣнскӣ

  Roman: firèntīnskī (sh)

• Slovak: florentský
• Spanish: florentino (es)
• Swedish: florentinsk
• Ukrainian: флоренті́йський (florentíjsʹkyj)

Noun

Florentine (plural Florentines)

1. A native or resident of the Italian city of Florence.
   • 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume III, Book III, Chapter XIII, page 137:

     The safety of Florence, which means even more than the welfare of Florentines, now demands severity, as it once demanded mercy.

2. (cooking) Alternative form of florentine (“biscuit”)

Translations

a native or resident of the Italian city of Florence

• Armenian: ֆլորենցիացի (florencʻiacʻi)
• Catalan: florentí (ca) m, florentina (ca) f
• Czech: Florenčan m, Florenťan m, Florenčanka f, Florenťanka f
• Danish: florentiner c
• Dutch: Florentijner m, Florentijnse f
• Esperanto: (man or woman) florencano, (woman) florencanino
• Finnish: firenzeläinen (fi)
• French: Florentin (fr) m, Florentine (fr) f
• Galician: florentino (gl) m, florentina f
• German: Florentiner (de) m, Florentinerin (de) f
• Greek: Φλωρεντίνος (el) m (Florentínos), Φλωρεντίνα (el) f (Florentína)
• Hungarian: firenzei (hu)
• Italian: fiorentino (it) m, fiorentina (it) f
• Latin: flōrentīnus f, flōrentīna f
• Polish: florentczyk (pl) m, florentyńczyk (pl) m, florentka f, florentynka (pl) f
• Portuguese: florentino (pt) m, florentina (pt) f
• Romanian: florentin (ro) m, florentină f
• Russian: флоренти́ец (ru) m (florentíjec), флоренти́йка (ru) f (florentíjka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Фиренти́нац m, Фирѐнтӣнка f

  Roman: Firentínac (sh) m, Firèntīnka f

• Slovak: Florenčan m, Florenťan m, Florenčanka f, Florenťanka f
• Spanish: florentino (es) m, florentina (es) f
• Swedish: florentinare (sv) c
• Turkish: Floransalı
• Ukrainian: флоренті́єць m (florentíjecʹ), флоренті́йка f (florentíjka)

Florentine biscuit

• Danish: florentiner c
• French: florentin (fr) m
• German: Florentiner (de) m
• Polish: florentynka (pl) f

Anagrams

• nonfertile

French

Noun

Florentine f (plural Florentines)

1. female equivalent of Florentin

German

Etymology

Variant of Florentina, the feminine equivalent of Florentin, from Latin Flōrentīnus.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Florentine f (proper noun, genitive Florentines or Florentine or Florentinens, plural Florentinen or Florentines)

1. a female given name from Latin
   • 1863, Louise Otto, Kunst und Künstlerleben. Novellen, page 183&193:
     • Das waren die einzigen glücklichen Stunden von Florentinens Jugendzeit, [...]
     • [...] mit Florentinen [...] Sie erklärte das jetzt mit kurzen Worten Florentinen. [...] rief Florentine [...] konnte er Florentinen vergessen [...]

Declension

Declension of Florentine [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Florentine	die	Florentinen, Florentines
genitive	einer	der	Florentines, Florentine, Florentinens	der	Florentinen, Florentines
dative	einer	der	Florentine	den	Florentinen, Florentines
accusative	eine	die	Florentine	die	Florentinen, Florentines