forint
/ˈfɔ.ɹɪnt/noun
forint is a noun meaning “The basic unit of currency of Hungary; formerly subdivided into 100 fillér” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-I-N-T and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 16 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of forint is forints.
What does forint mean?
noun
- 1
The basic unit of currency of Hungary; formerly subdivided into 100 fillér.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce forint?
- UK /ˈfɒ.ɹɪnt/
- US /ˈfɔ.ɹɪnt/
Forint has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-forint.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of forint
- forints plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is forint?
Forint appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th 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).
Forint in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unit of currency:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | forint |
| Spanish | florín húngaro, forinto |
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 forint come from?
From Hungarian forint, from Italian fiorino (“florin, the former currency of Tuscany”). Doublet of florin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).