forint

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɒ.ɹɪnt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.ɹɪnt/

Noun

forint (plural forints)

  1. The basic unit of currency of Hungary; formerly subdivided into 100 fillér.

Translations

Anagrams

Czech

Noun

forint m

  1. forint

Hungarian

Etymology

A wanderword. Probably via German or Medieval Latin. Ultimately from Italian fiorino.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈforint]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: fo‧rint

Noun

forint (plural forintok)

  1. forint

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative forint forintok
accusative forintot forintokat
dative forintnak forintoknak
instrumental forinttal forintokkal
causal-final forintért forintokért
translative forinttá forintokká
terminative forintig forintokig
essive-formal forintként forintokként
essive-modal — —
inessive forintban forintokban
superessive forinton forintokon
adessive forintnál forintoknál
illative forintba forintokba
sublative forintra forintokra
allative forinthoz forintokhoz
elative forintból forintokból
delative forintról forintokról
ablative forinttól forintoktól
Possessive forms of forint
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. forintom forintjaim
2nd person sing. forintod forintjaid
3rd person sing. forintja forintjai
1st person plural forintunk forintjaink
2nd person plural forintotok forintjaitok
3rd person plural forintjuk forintjaik

Derived terms

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

From Hungarian forint.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.rʲint/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

forint m anim

  1. forint

Declension
declension of forint
singular plural
nominative forint forinty
genitive forinta forintów
dative forintowi forintom
accusative forinta forinty
instrumental forintem forintami
locative forincie forintach
vocative forincie forinty

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fǒriːnt/

Noun

fòrīnt m (Cyrillic spelling фо̀рӣнт)

  1. forint

Synonyms

Swedish

Noun

forint c

  1. forint, currency of Hungary

Declension
Declension of forint 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative forint forinten forinter forinterna
Genitive forints forintens forinters forinternas

References
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