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Webster 1913 Edition

Florentine

Flor′en-tine

(? or ?; 277)
,
Adj.
[L.
Florentinus
, fr.
Florentia
Florence: cf. F.
florentin
.]
Belonging or relating to Florence, in Italy.
Florentine mosaic
,
a mosaic of hard or semiprecious stones, often so chosen and arranged that their natural colors represent leaves, flowers, and the like, inlaid in a background, usually of black or white marble.

Flor′en-tine

,
Noun.
1.
A native or inhabitant of Florence, a city in Italy.
2.
A kind of silk.
Knight.
3.
A kind of pudding or tart; a kind of meat pie.
[Obs.]
Stealing custards, tarts, and
florentines
.
Beau. & Fl.

Webster 1828 Edition

Florentine

FLOR'ENTINE

, n.
1.
A native of Florence.
2.
A kind of silk cloth, so called.

Definition 2024

Florentine

Florentine

See also: florentine

English

Adjective

Florentine ‎(comparative more Florentine, superlative most Florentine)

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

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Noun

Florentine ‎(plural Florentines)

  1. A native or resident of the Italian city of Florence.

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French

Noun

Florentine f ‎(plural Florentines)

  1. feminine equivalent of Florentin

German

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Florentine f ‎(genitive Florentine or Florentines, plural Florentinen or Florentines)

  1. A female given name.

florentine

florentine

See also: Florentine

English

Adjective

florentine ‎(not comparable)

  1. Cooked or served with spinach.
    Eggs florentine is on the menu.‎

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Noun

florentine ‎(plural florentines)

  1. A biscuit consisting mostly of nuts and preserved fruit, usually coated with chocolate on one side.
    • 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 63012317, page 1643 [sic: 1653]:
      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.
  2. (obsolete) A kind of silk.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
  3. (obsolete) A kind of pudding or tart or meat pie.
    • Beaumont and Fletcher
      Stealing custards, tarts, and florentines.

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French

Adjective

florentine

  1. feminine singular of florentin

Romanian

Adjective

florentine

  1. feminine singular genitive form of florentin
  2. feminine singular dative form of florentin
  3. feminine plural nominative form of florentin
  4. feminine plural accusative form of florentin
  5. feminine plural genitive form of florentin
  6. feminine plural dative form of florentin
  7. neuter plural nominative form of florentin
  8. neuter plural accusative form of florentin
  9. neuter plural genitive form of florentin
  10. neuter plural dative form of florentin

Noun

florentine m

  1. vocative singular of florentin

Etymology

From French florentin, from Latin flōrentīnus.

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