florist
flor·ist/ˈfloɹɪst/noun
florist is spelled F-L-O-R-I-S-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables (flor·ist). It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, florist means “A person who sells flowers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of florist is florists.
How many letters and syllables are in florist?
| Letters | 7: F-L-O-R-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: flor·ist |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is florist?
Florist appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce florist?
- UK /ˈflɒɹɪst/
- US /ˈfloɹɪst/
- /ˈflɑɹɪst/
Florist has 2 syllables, split flor·ist in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-florist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of florist
- florists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does florist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who sells flowers.
- 2
A person who cultivates flowers.
- 3
A person who studies or writes about flowers.
- 4
A florist's shop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Florist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a person who sells flowers:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fleuriste |
| German | Blumenhändler, Florist, Floristin |
| Portuguese | florista, floreiro |
| Spanish | florista |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does florist come from?
From French fleuriste, from Latin floris (“genitive singular of flōs, flower”), + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).