florist

florist

See also: Florist

English

Etymology

From French fleuriste, from Latin floris (“genitive singular of flōs, flower”), +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈflɔːɹɪst/

• Audio (UK)

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfloɹɪst/
  • (East Coast) IPA^(key): /ˈflɑɹɪst/
• Hyphenation: flor‧ist

Noun

florist (plural florists)

1. A person who sells flowers.
2. A person who cultivates flowers.
3. A person who studies or writes about flowers.
4. A florist's shop.
   • 2010, Cassie Miles, Hook, Line and Shotgun Bride, p. 33:

     “After the gown, we can go to the florist, then stop by the lingerie store.”

Derived terms

• artificial florist

Translations

a person who sells flowers

Bulgarian: цветар m (cvetar), цветарка f (cvetarka) Burmese: ပန်းသည် (pan:sany) Catalan: florista m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 花商 (zh) (huāshāng) Czech: květinář m Dutch: bloemist (nl) m, bloemenverkoper m Esperanto: floristo Faroese: blómuhandlari m Finnish: kukkakauppias (fi) French: fleuriste (fr) m or f Galician: florista German: Blumenhändler (de) m, Florist (de) m, Floristin (de) f Greek: ανθοπώλης (el) m (anthopólis), ανθοκόμος (el) m (anthokómos) Hungarian: virágárus (hu) Italian: fioraio (it) m, fioraia f Japanese: 花屋 (ja) (はなや, hanaya) Khmer: អ្នកលក់ផ្កា (neak lʊək pkaa) Lao: ຄົນຂາຍດອກໄມ້ (khon khāi dǭk mai) Macedonian: цвеќар m (cveḱar), цвеќарка f (cveḱarka) Maltese: florist m, florista f, tal-fjuri Manx: blaagheyder m Mauritian Creole: fleris Polish: kwiaciarz (pl) m, kwiaciarka (pl) f, florysta (pl) m, florystka (pl) f Portuguese: florista (pt) m or f, floreiro m Romanian: florar (ro) m Russian: торго́вец цвета́ми m (torgóvec cvetámi), цвето́чник (ru) m (cvetóčnik), флори́ст (ru) m (floríst) Sicilian: ciurara f, ciuraru (scn) m Spanish: florista (es) m or f Swedish: blomsterhandlare (sv) c, florist (sv) c Turkish: çiçekçi (tr) Vietnamese: người bán hoa

Anagrams

• firlots

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Dutch

Etymology

Early 17th century. Possibly borrowed from English florist or French fleuriste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /floːˈrɪst/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: flo‧rist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

florist m (plural floristen, diminutive floristje n)

1. (historical) speculator in tulips around the time of the tulip mania

   Synonym: bloemist

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fleuriste (modelled after floare).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /floˈrist/

Noun

florist m (plural floriști, feminine equivalent floristă)

1. (rare) florist

   Synonym: florar

Declension

Declension of florist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) florist	floristul	(niște) floriști	floriștii
genitive/dative	(unui) florist	floristului	(unor) floriști	floriștilor
vocative	floristule		floriștilor

Related terms

• floare
• floral
• floră
• floristic
• floristică

 

References

• florist in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Swedish

Etymology

From French fleuriste, from Latin floris (“genitive singular of flōs, flower”), +‎ -ist.

Noun

florist c

1. florist

Declension

Declension of florist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	florist	floristen	florister	floristerna
Genitive	florists	floristens	floristers	floristernas

References

• florist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• florist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)