FLORIN


Meaning of FLORIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈflȯr-ən, ˈflär- ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Old Italian fiorino, from fiore flower, from Latin flor-, flos; from the lily on the coins

Date: 14th century

1.

a. : an old gold coin first struck at Florence in 1252

b. : any of various European gold coins patterned after the Florentine florin

2.

a. : a British silver coin worth two shillings

b. : any of several similar coins issued in parts of the Commonwealth of Nations

3. : gulden

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.