forint

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Etymology

From Hungarian forint, from Italian fiorino (“florin, former currency of Tuscany”). Doublet of florin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɒ.ɹɪnt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ɹɪnt/

Noun

forint (plural forints)

1. The basic unit of currency of Hungary; formerly subdivided into 100 fillér.
   • 2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times‎:

     Better yet, there were no cover charges, and we didn’t bother to order drinks in half the spots. So, despite having a Slovak beer and shots of both the traditional Hungarian fruit spirit palinka and the bittersweet digestif Unicum, the entire evening cost 2,000 forints, under $10.

Translations

unit of currency

Arabic: فُورِنْت m (fūrint) Bulgarian: фо́ринт m (fórint) Catalan: fòrint (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 福林 (zh) (fúlín) Czech: forint (cs) m Finnish: forintti (fi) French: forint (fr) m Greek: φιορίνι (el) n (fioríni) Hungarian: forint (hu) Icelandic: fórinta f, forinta f Italian: fiorino (it) m Polish: forint (pl) m Romanian: forint (ro) m Russian: фо́ринт (ru) m (fórint) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: фори́нта f, фо̀рӣнт m Roman: forínta (sh) f, fòrīnt (sh) m Spanish: florín húngaro m, forinto m

Anagrams

• Fortin, fortin

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈforɪnt]

Noun

forint m inan

1. forint

Declension

Declension of forint (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	forint	forinty
genitive	forintu	forintů
dative	forintu	forintům
accusative	forint	forinty
vocative	forinte	forinty
locative	forintu	forintech
instrumental	forintem	forinty

French

Noun

forint m (plural forints)

1. forint