"forint" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɒ.ɹɪnt/ [UK], /ˈfɔ.ɹɪnt/ [US] Forms: forints [plural]
Etymology: From Hungarian forint, from Italian fiorino (“florin, former currency of Tuscany”). Doublet of florin. Etymology templates: {{der|en|hu|forint}} Hungarian forint, {{der|en|it|fiorino||florin, former currency of Tuscany}} Italian fiorino (“florin, former currency of Tuscany”), {{doublet|en|florin}} Doublet of florin Head templates: {{en-noun}} forint (plural forints)
  1. The basic unit of currency of Hungary; formerly subdivided into 100 fillér. Wikipedia link: forint Categories (topical): Currencies Categories (place): Hungary Translations (unit of currency): فُورِنْت (fūrint) [masculine] (Arabic), fòrint [masculine] (Catalan), 福林 (fúlín) (Chinese Mandarin), forint [masculine] (Czech), forintti (Finnish), forint [masculine] (French), φιορίνι (fioríni) [neuter] (Greek), forint (Hungarian), fórinta [feminine] (Icelandic), forinta [feminine] (Icelandic), fiorino [masculine] (Italian), forint [masculine] (Polish), forint [masculine] (Romanian), фо́ринт (fórint) [masculine] (Russian), фори́нта [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), фо̀рӣнт [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), forínta [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), fòrīnt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), florín húngaro [masculine] (Spanish), forinto [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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