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fl

Sports.
  1. flanker.

Fl

Symbol, Chemistry, Physics.
  1. flerovium.

FL

  1. Florida (approved especially for use with zip code).
  2. foreign language.

fL

  1. foot-lambert.

fl.

1
  1. flourished.

Origin of fl.

1
From the Latin word flōruit

fl.

2
  1. (in the Netherlands) guilder; guilders.

Origin of fl.

2
From the Dutch word florin

fl.

3
  1. floor.
  2. florin.
  3. fluid.

Fl.

  1. Flanders.
  2. Flemish.
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Examples from the Web for fl

Contemporary Examples of fl

Historical Examples of fl

  • She has illuminated a Salvator on a little sheet, for which I gave her one fl.

    Albert Durer

    T. Sturge Moore

  • I dined once with the Portuguese, and have given a brother of Tomasin's three fl.

    Albert Durer

    T. Sturge Moore

  • I bought the five silk girdles, which I mean to give away, for three fl.

    Albert Durer

    T. Sturge Moore

  • I painted for the Englishman his coat of arms, and he gave me one fl.

    Albert Durer

    T. Sturge Moore

  • Master Jan, the Brussels goldsmith, paid me three Philips fl.

    Albert Durer

    T. Sturge Moore

British Dictionary definitions for fl

Fl

the chemical symbol for
  1. flerovium

FL

abbreviation for
  1. Flight Lieutenant
  2. Florida
  3. Liechtenstein (international car registration)

Word Origin for FL

(for sense 3) from German Fürstentum Liechtenstein Principality of Liechtenstein

fl.

abbreviation for
  1. floruit
symbol for
  1. (formerly in the Netherlands) guilder
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