Florentine

American  

[flawr-uhn-teen, -tahyn, flor-] / ˈflɔr ənˌtin, -ˌtaɪn, ˈflɒr- /

adjective

1. of or relating to Florence, Italy.

   the Florentine poets of the 14th century.

2. pertaining to or designating the style of art developed in Florence during the late 13th to 15th centuries.

3. (of food) served or prepared with spinach.

   eggs Florentine.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Florence, Italy.

2. (often lowercase) a cookie made with orange peel and almonds and coated with chocolate.

Florentine British  

/ ˈflɒrənˌtaɪn /

adjective

1. of or relating to Florence

2. (usually postpositive) (of food) served or prepared with spinach

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Florence

2. a biscuit containing nuts and dried fruit and coated with chocolate

3. a type of domestic fancy pigeon somewhat resembling the Modena

Other Word Forms

• anti-Florentine adjective
• pro-Florentine adjective

Etymology

Origin of Florentine

1535–45; < Latin Flōrentīnus pertaining to Flōrentia Florence; -ine ¹

Example Sentences

One of the earliest collections of Augustinian biographies she studied was written by a Florentine friar in the 1320s.

From Science Daily

Venetian painting of the Renaissance is richly, radiantly colored, mainly because it is oil-based, unlike the Florentines’ water-based tempera, which yields a more chromatically subdued result.

From The Wall Street Journal

Before Rome, Filippino’s painting was a refined extension of the Florentine tradition from which he emerged, whereas after, it became a stranger, more disconcerting mix of the ancient Roman world and the modern one.

From The Wall Street Journal

These children lived in the literal shadow of Florentine artistic genius: The building in which the Innocenti was housed is a particularly brilliant example of Romanesque architecture.

From The Wall Street Journal

The pure-gold florin, the coin of Renaissance Florentine, performed 300 years of honorable service.

From The Wall Street Journal