# Firenze
## English
### Etymology

From Italian Firenze. Doublet of Florence.

### Proper noun

Firenze
* Synonym of Florence (“the capital city of Tuscany, Italy”).
** 1896, W[alter] D[elaplaine] Scull, “Mrs. Platt”, in The Garden of the Matchboxes and Other Stories, London: Elkin Mathews, page 94:But it would have been so nice to have a private income, and to be able sometimes to go to Venezia, Firenze, Roma, those places with the beautiful names.
** 1996, Fred Plotkin, “Introduction: Garibaldi with a Fork”, in Italy for the Gourmet Traveler, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 5:When you plan your first visit to Italy, you will likely put Roma, Firenze, and Venezia at the top of your list, perhaps adding Milano and Napoli as well. These destinations make sense because they are all world-class cities with great history, art, architecture, culture, and food.
** 2014 December, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, chapter 2, in Sustenance: A Novel of the Count Saint-Germain, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 40:His black slacks were the handiwork of his British tailor of a wool-and-Angora blend; his thick-soled shoes were made in Firenze of black leather, and fitted more like gloves than shoes.

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian, inherited from Latin Flōrentia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfirentse/, [ˈfire̞n.ts̠e̞]
* Rhymes: -irentse
* Hyphenation: Fi‧ren‧ze

### Proper noun

Firenze
* Florence (the capital city of Tuscany, Italy)
* Florence (a metropolitan city of Tuscany, Italy)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Firenze (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Firenzeni
accusative
nom.
Firenzeni
gen.
Firenzeni
genitive
Firenzeni
partitive
Firenzeäni
inessive
Firenzessäni
elative
Firenzestäni
illative
Firenzeeni
adessive
Firenzelläni
ablative
Firenzeltäni
allative
Firenzelleni
essive
Firenzenäni
translative
Firenzekseni
abessive
Firenzettäni
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Firenzesi
accusative
nom.
Firenzesi
gen.
Firenzesi
genitive
Firenzesi
partitive
Firenzeäsi
inessive
Firenzessäsi
elative
Firenzestäsi
illative
Firenzeesi
adessive
Firenzelläsi
ablative
Firenzeltäsi
allative
Firenzellesi
essive
Firenzenäsi
translative
Firenzeksesi
abessive
Firenzettäsi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Firenzemme
accusative
nom.
Firenzemme
gen.
Firenzemme
genitive
Firenzemme
partitive
Firenzeämme
inessive
Firenzessämme
elative
Firenzestämme
illative
Firenzeemme
adessive
Firenzellämme
ablative
Firenzeltämme
allative
Firenzellemme
essive
Firenzenämme
translative
Firenzeksemme
abessive
Firenzettämme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Firenzenne
accusative
nom.
Firenzenne
gen.
Firenzenne
genitive
Firenzenne
partitive
Firenzeänne
inessive
Firenzessänne
elative
Firenzestänne
illative
Firenzeenne
adessive
Firenzellänne
ablative
Firenzeltänne
allative
Firenzellenne
essive
Firenzenänne
translative
Firenzeksenne
abessive
Firenzettänne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Firenzensä
accusative
nom.
Firenzensä
gen.
Firenzensä
genitive
Firenzensä
partitive
Firenzeään Firenzeänsä
inessive
Firenzessään Firenzessänsä
elative
Firenzestään Firenzestänsä
illative
Firenzeensä
adessive
Firenzellään Firenzellänsä
ablative
Firenzeltään Firenzeltänsä
allative
Firenzelleen Firenzellensä
essive
Firenzenään Firenzenänsä
translative
Firenzekseen Firenzeksensä
abessive
Firenzettään Firenzettänsä
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* firenzeläinen

## Italian
### Etymology

From Old Italian Fiorenze, from Latin Flōrentiae, locative of Flōrentia. Cf. the alternative obsolete form Fiorenza, from the accusative.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiˈrɛn.t͡se/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛntse
* Hyphenation: Fi‧rèn‧ze

### Proper noun

Firenze f
* Florence (the capital city of Tuscany, Italy)
** 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle]‎, published 1991, section 1:Con ciò sia cosa che per gli nostri antichi Fiorentini poche e nonn-ordinate memorie si truovino di fatti passati della nostra città di Firenze, […] , io Giovanni cittadino di Firenze, considerando la nobiltà e grandezza della nostra città a’ nostri presenti tempi, mi pare che si convegna di raccontare e fare memoria dell’origine e cominciamento di così famosa cittàSince few and disorderly memories are found, among our oldest Florentines, of past events of our city Florence, I – Giovanni, citizen of Florence –, considering our city's nobility and greatness at the present time, believe it's appropriate to tell and remember the origin and the beginning of such a famous city.
* Florence (a metropolitan city of Tuscany, Italy)
* the letter F in the Italian spelling alphabet

#### Related terms

* fiore
* fiorente
* fiorentino
* Fiorenza
* Fiorenzo

#### Descendants

* → Danish: Firenze
* → Finnish: Firenze
* → Japanese: フィレンツェ (Firentse)
* → Korean: 피렌체 (Pirenche)

### Anagrams

* zinefre