# forint
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈfɒ.ɹɪnt/
* (US) IPA: /ˈfɔ.ɹɪnt/

### Noun

forint (plural forints)
* 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
### Anagrams

* Fortin, fortin

## Czech
### Noun

forint m inan
* forint

#### Declension
## French
### Noun

forint m (plural forints)
* forint

## Hungarian
### Etymology

A wanderword. Probably via German Florin/Florentiner or Medieval Latin. Ultimately from Italian fiorino.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈforint]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: fo‧rint
* Rhymes: -int

### Noun

forint (plural forintok)
* forint
* guilder (former Dutch currency)

#### Derived terms

* forintnyi
* forintos
* Ft (abbreviation)

### References

* ↑ forint in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* forint in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

A wanderword. Via Hungarian forint. Ultimately from Italian fiorino.

### Noun

forint m (definite singular forinten, indefinite plural forintar, definite plural forintane)
* forint (Hungarian currency)

### References

* “forint” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian forint, from Italian fiorino.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔ.rint/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrint
* Syllabification: fo‧rint

### Noun

forint m animal
* forint (currency of Hungary)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* forint in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* forint in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian forint, from Italian fiorino (“florin, former currency of Tuscany”), diminutive of fiore, from Latin flōrem, accusative of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”).

### Noun

forint m (plural forinți)
* forint

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fǒriːnt/

### Noun

fòrīnt m (Cyrillic spelling фо̀рӣнт)
* forint
    Synonym: forínta

## Swedish
### Noun

forint c
* forint, currency of Hungary

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | forint | forints |
| singular | definite | forinten | forintens |
| plural | indefinite | forinter | forinters |
| plural | definite | forinterna | forinternas |

### References

* forint in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)