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Florentine

French, noun

Florentine is spelled F-L-O-R-E-N-T-I-N-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,335th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Florentine is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of Florentin; female Florentine (female native or inhabitant of the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, florentine is a different word: “feminine singular of florentin”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitante de Florence, en Italie”.

What does Florentine mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefemale equivalent of Florentin; female Florentine (female native or inhabitant of the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy)

adjective

as florentine
  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of florentin

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Satin très léger initialement tissé à Florence. 2. Serge de laine peignée.

noun: 1. Habitante de Florence, en Italie. 2. Habitante de Florent-en-Argonne, commune française située dans le département de la Marne. 3. Habitante de Saint-Florent-sur-Auzonnet, commune française située dans le département du Gard. 4. Habitante de Sainte-Florence, commune française située dans le département de la Vendée.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Florentine

  • Florentines plural
  • florentines plural
  • Florentin masculine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Florentine

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Florentine in French?

Florentine appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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