florist

English edit

Etymology edit

From French fleuriste, from Latin floris (“genitive singular of flōs, flower”), +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈflɒɹɪst/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfloɹɪst/
- (East Coast) IPA^(key): /ˈflɑɹɪst/
Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒɹɪst
Hyphenation: flor‧ist

Noun edit

florist (plural florists)

A person who sells flowers.
A person who cultivates flowers.
A person who studies or writes about flowers.
A florist's shop.
- 2010, Cassie Miles, Hook, Line and Shotgun Bride, page 33:
  “After the gown, we can go to the florist, then stop by the lingerie store.”

Derived terms edit

artificial florist

Translations edit

a person who sells flowers

Afrikaans: bloemis, blomkweker
Bulgarian: цвета́р m (cvetár), цвета́рка f (cvetárka)
Burmese: ပန်းသည် (pan:sany)
Catalan: florista m or f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 花商 (faa¹ soeng¹), 花店 (faa¹ dim³)

Mandarin: 花商 (zh) (huāshāng), 花店 (zh) (huādiàn)
Czech: květinář m
Dutch: bloemist (nl) m, bloemenverkoper m
Esperanto: floristo
Faroese: blómuhandlari m
Finnish: kukkakauppias (fi)
French: fleuriste (fr) m or f
Galician: florista
German: Blumenhändler (de) m, Florist (de) m, Floristin (de) f
Greek: ανθοπώλης (el) m (anthopólis), ανθοκόμος (el) m (anthokómos)
Hungarian: virágárus (hu)
Italian: fioraio (it) m, fioraia f
Japanese: 花屋 (ja) (はなや, hanaya) (store or person)
Khmer: អ្នកលក់ផ្កា (nĕək lŭək phkaa)
Korean: 꽃집 (kkotjip) (store or person)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: gulfiroş (ku) m or f
Lao: ຄົນຂາຍດອກໄມ້ (khon khāi dǭk mai)
Macedonian: цвеќар m (cveḱar), цвеќарка f (cveḱarka)
Maltese: florist m, florista f, tal-fjuri
Manx: blaagheyder m
Mauritian Creole: fleris
Ottoman Turkish: چیچكجی (çiçekci)
Polish: kwiaciarz (pl) m, kwiaciarka (pl) f, florysta (pl) m, florystka (pl) f
Portuguese: florista (pt) m or f, floreiro m
Romanian: florar (ro) m
Russian: торго́вец цвета́ми m (torgóvec cvetámi), цвето́чник (ru) m (cvetóčnik), флори́ст (ru) m (floríst)
Sicilian: ciurara f, ciuraru (scn) m
Spanish: florista (es) m or f
Swedish: blomsterhandlare (sv) c, florist (sv) c
Thai: คนขายดอกไม้
Turkish: çiçekçi (tr)
Ukrainian: торго́вець квітка́ми m (torhóvecʹ kvitkámy)
Vietnamese: người bán hoa

Anagrams edit

firlots

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Early 17th century. Possibly borrowed from English florist or French fleuriste.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /floːˈrɪst/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: flo‧rist
Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun edit

florist m (plural floristen, diminutive floristje n)

(botany) One who engages in the study of wild flora (floristics)
(historical) speculator in tulips around the time of the tulip mania
Synonym: bloemist

Derived terms edit

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French fleuriste (modelled after floare).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /floˈrist/

Noun edit

florist m (plural floriști, feminine equivalent floristă)

(rare) florist
Synonym: florar

Declension edit

Declension of florist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) florist	floristul	(niște) floriști	floriștii
genitive/dative	(unui) florist	floristului	(unor) floriști	floriștilor
vocative	floristule		floriștilor