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FLORENTINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Florentine mean?
• FLORENTINE (noun)
The noun FLORENTINE has 1 sense:
1. a native or resident of Florence, Italy
Familiarity information: FLORENTINE used as a noun is very rare.
• FLORENTINE (adjective)
The adjective FLORENTINE has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or characteristic of the city of Florence, Italy
Familiarity information: FLORENTINE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A native or resident of Florence, Italy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Florentine" is a kind of...):
Italian (a native or inhabitant of Italy)
Holonyms ("Florentine" is a member of...):
Firenze; Florence (a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of the city of Florence, Italy
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
Florentine art
Pertainym:
Florence (a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries)
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