florentine

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/ˈflɒɹəntiːn//ˈflɒɹəntaɪn/US/ˈflɔɹəntin/

adjective

Cooked or served with spinach.

“Eggs florentine is on the menu.”

Similar
Florentine
OriginFrench florentin ← Latin Flōrentīnus →
Less commonScrabble 13
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Meanings

florentine1

adjectiveflorentine (not comparable)
  1. not comparablepostpositionalCooked or served with spinach.

    Eggs florentine is on the menu.

nounflorentine (countable and uncountable, plural florentines)

plural florentines

  1. countableuncountableA biscuit consisting mostly of nuts and preserved fruit, usually coated with chocolate on one side.

    They boyle it alſo, and after dry it and bray it, and of this bran, with egges, hony, milke, and butter of Cocos, they make Florentines, and verie good belly-timber.

    1625, Samuel Purchas, “Their Cocos and other fruits and food, their Trades and trading, Creatures profitable and hurtfull. Of Male their principall Iland. Their Houſes, Candou, Languages, Apparell.”, in Pvrchas his Pilgrimes. In Five Bookes. … The Second Part., volume II, London: Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Rose, →OCLC, page 1643 [sic: 1653]

    Synonyms: Florentine

  2. countableobsoleteuncountableA kind of durable silk.
  3. countableobsoleteuncountableA kind of pudding or tart or meat pie.

    Stealing custards, tarts, and florentines.

    1606, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Woman-Hater”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act V, scene i

Florentine2

adjectiveFlorentine (comparative more Florentine, superlative most Florentine)

comparative more Florentine · superlative most Florentine

  1. Of, from or relating to the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
  2. A locality in the Central Highlands council area and the Derwent Valley council area, central Tasmania, Australia.
nounFlorentine (plural Florentines)

plural Florentines

  1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

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

    1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume III, Book III, Chapter XIII, page 137
  2. alternativecookingAlternative form of florentine (“biscuit”).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA biscuit consisting mostly of nuts and preserved fruit, usually coated with chocolate on one side.

Similar
Florentine
Also see
florentine

Origin

florentine · adjective, noun

  1. Latinflōrens
  2. LatinFlōrentia
  3. LatinFlōrentīnus
  4. Frenchflorentin
  5. Englishflorentine

Borrowed from French florentin.

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Florentine · adjective, noun

  1. LatinFlōrentīnus
  2. EnglishFlorentine

From Latin Flōrentīnus, from Flōrentia (“Florence”) + -īnus.

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Translations

Arabic فْلُورَنْسِيّ, فْلُورَنْسِيّ
  • فْلُورَنْسِيّ (flūransiyy)of or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • فْلُورَنْسِيّ (flūransiyy)a native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • فْلُورَنْسِيَّة (flūransiyya)a native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
Catalan florentí, florentí
  • florentíof or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • florentía native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • florentinaa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
Czech florentský, Florenčan
  • florentskýof or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • Florenčana native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • Florenťana native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • Florenčankaa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • Florenťankaa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
Danish florentinsk, florentiner
  • florentinskof or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • florentinera native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • florentinerFlorentine biscuit
Dutch Florentijns, Florentijner
  • Florentijnsof or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • Florentijnera native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • Florentijnsea native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
Esperanto Florenca, florencano
  • Florencaof or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • florencanoa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • florencaninoa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
Finnish firenzeläinen, firenzeläinen
  • firenzeläinenof or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • firenzeläinena native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
French florentin, Florentin
  • florentinof or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • Florentina native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • Florentinea native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • florentinFlorentine biscuit
German Florentiner, florentinisch
  • FlorentinerA biscuit of nuts and fruit
  • florentinischof or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • Florentinerof or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • Florentinera native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • Florentinerina native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • FlorentinerFlorentine biscuit
Greek φλωρεντινός, Φλωρεντίνος
  • φλωρεντινός (florentinós)of or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • Φλωρεντίνος (Florentínos)a native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • Φλωρεντίνα (Florentína)a native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
Hungarian firenzei, firenzei
  • firenzeiof or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • firenzeia native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
Italian fiorentino, fiorentino
  • fiorentinoof or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • fiorentinoa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • fiorentinaa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
Latin Flōrentīnus, Flōrentīnus
  • Flōrentīnusof or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • Flōrentīnusa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • Flōrentīnaa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
Polish florentynka, florencki
  • florentynkaA biscuit of nuts and fruit
  • florenckiof or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • florentczyka native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • florentyńczyka native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • florentkaa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • florentynkaa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • florentynkaFlorentine biscuit
Portuguese florentino, florentino
  • florentinoof or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • florentinoa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • florentinaa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
Romanian florentin, florentin
  • florentinof or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • florentina native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • florentinăa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
Russian флоренти́йский, флоренти́ец
  • флоренти́йский (florentíjskij)of or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • флоренти́ец (florentíjec)a native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • флоренти́йка (florentíjka)a native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
Slovak florentský, Florenčan
  • florentskýof or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • Florenčana native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • Florenťana native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • Florenčankaa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • Florenťankaa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
Spanish florentino, florentino
  • florentinoof or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • florentinoa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • florentinaa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
Swedish florentinsk, florentinare
  • florentinskof or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • florentinarea native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
Turkish Floransalı
  • Floransalıa native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
Ukrainian флоренті́йський, флоренті́єць
  • флоренті́йський (florentíjsʹkyj)of or relating to the Italian city of Florence
  • флоренті́єць (florentíjecʹ)a native or resident of the Italian city of Florence
  • флоренті́йка (florentíjka)a native or resident of the Italian city of Florence

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