forint

From Hungarian forint, from Italian fiorino (“florin, former currency of Tuscany”). Doublet of florin.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɒ.ɹɪnt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ɹɪnt/

forint (plural forints)

1. The basic unit of currency of Hungary; formerly subdivided into 100 fillér.
   • 2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Better yet, there were no cover charges, and we didn’t bother to order drinks in half the spots. So, despite having a Slovak beer and shots of both the traditional Hungarian fruit spirit palinka and the bittersweet digestif Unicum, the entire evening cost 2,000 forints, under $10.

• Fortin, fortin

• IPA^(key): [ˈforɪnt]

forint m inan

1. forint

forint m (plural forints)

1. forint

A wanderword. Probably via German Florin/Florentiner or Medieval Latin. Ultimately from Italian fiorino.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈforint]

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• Hyphenation: fo‧rint
• Rhymes: -int

forint (plural forintok)

1. forint
2. guilder (former Dutch currency)

• → Catalan: fòrint
• → English: forint

• forint in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

A wanderword. Via Hungarian forint. Ultimately from Italian fiorino.

forint m (definite singular forinten, indefinite plural forintar, definite plural forintane)

1. forint (Hungarian currency)

• “forint” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Hungarian forint, from Italian fiorino.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.rint/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔrint
• Syllabification: fo‧rint

forint m animal

1. forint (currency of Hungary)

• forint in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• forint in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Hungarian forint, from Italian fiorino (“florin, former currency of Tuscany”), diminutive of fiore, from Latin flōrem, accusative of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”).

forint m (plural forinți)

1. forint

• IPA^(key): /fǒriːnt/

fòrīnt m inan (Cyrillic spelling фо̀рӣнт)

1. forint

   Synonym: forínta

forint c

1. forint, currency of Hungary

• forint in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)