florentine
see also: Florentine
Pronunciation
Florentine
Pronunciation Adjective
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see also: Florentine
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈflɒɹəntaɪn/, /ˈflɒɹəntiːn/
florentine (not comparable)
Nounflorentine
- A biscuit consisting mostly of nuts and preserved fruit, usually coated with chocolate on one side.
- Synonyms: Florentine
- (obsolete) A kind of durable silk.
- (obsolete) A kind of pudding or tart or meat pie.
- 1606, Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher, “The Woman-Hater”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: Printed for Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, OCLC 3083972 ↗, Act 5, scene 1:
- Stealing custards, tarts, and florentines.
- German: Florentiner
Florentine
Pronunciation Adjective
florentine
Translations- French: florentin
- German: florentinisch, Florentiner
- Italian: fiorentino
- Portuguese: florentino
- Russian: флоренти́йский
- Spanish: florentino
florentine (plural florentines)
- A native or resident of the Italian city of Florence.
- 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume III, Book III, Chapter XIII, page 137
- 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
- (culinary) Alternative form of florentine (“biscuit”)
- French: Florentin, Florentine
- German: Florentiner, Florentinerin
- Italian: fiorentino, fiorentina
- Portuguese: florentino, florentina
- Russian: флоренти́ец
- Spanish: florentino, florentina
- French: florentin
- German: Florentiner
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