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florist

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈflɒɹɪst/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈfloɹɪst/
  • New-York-City, Philadelphia: /ˈflɑɹɪst/
  • rhymes with -ɒɹɪst
  • CMU ARPABET: F L AA1 R IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: F L AO1 R IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who sells flowers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who cultivates flowers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person who studies or writes about flowers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A florist's shop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: florist shop, flower store

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shop, store

6

noun

Meaning 6

someone who grows and deals in flowers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the florist made up an attractive bouquet

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shopkeeper, tradesman, storekeeper, market keeper

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: bloemis — a person who sells flowers
  • Afrikaans: blomkweker — a person who sells flowers
  • Bulgarian: цвета́р (cvetár) — a person who sells flowers
  • Bulgarian: цвета́рка (cvetárka) — a person who sells flowers
  • Burmese: ပန်းသည် (pan:sany) — a person who sells flowers
  • Catalan: florista — a person who sells flowers
  • Chinese Cantonese: 花商 (faa1 soeng1) — a person who sells flowers
  • Chinese Cantonese: 花店 (faa1 dim3) — a person who sells flowers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花商 (huāshāng) — a person who sells flowers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花店 (huādiàn) — a person who sells flowers
  • Czech: květinář — a person who sells flowers
  • Danish: blomsterbutik — a person who sells flowers
  • Danish: blomsterhandler — a person who sells flowers
  • Danish: florist — a person who sells flowers
  • Dutch: bloemist — a person who sells flowers
  • Dutch: bloemenverkoper — a person who sells flowers
  • Esperanto: floristo — a person who sells flowers
  • Esperanto: florvendisto — a person who sells flowers
  • Faroese: blómuhandlari — a person who sells flowers
  • Finnish: kukkakauppias — a person who sells flowers
  • French: fleuriste — a person who sells flowers
  • Galician: florista — a person who sells flowers
  • German: Blumenhändler — a person who sells flowers
  • German: Florist — a person who sells flowers
  • German: Floristin — a person who sells flowers
  • Greek: ανθοπώλης (anthopólis) — a person who sells flowers
  • Greek: ανθοκόμος (anthokómos) — a person who sells flowers
  • Hungarian: virágárus — a person who sells flowers
  • Indonesian: tukang bunga — a person who sells flowers
  • Italian: fioraio — a person who sells flowers
  • Italian: fioraia — a person who sells flowers
  • Japanese: 花屋 (hanaya) — a person who sells flowers
  • Khmer: អ្នកលក់ផ្កា (nĕək lŭək phkaa) — a person who sells flowers
  • Korean: 꽃집 (kkotjip) — a person who sells flowers
  • Northern Kurdish: gulfiroş — a person who sells flowers
  • Lao: ຄົນຂາຍດອກໄມ້ (khon khāi dǭk mai) — a person who sells flowers
  • Macedonian: цвеќар (cveḱar) — a person who sells flowers
  • Macedonian: цвеќарка (cveḱarka) — a person who sells flowers
  • Maltese: florist — a person who sells flowers
  • Maltese: florista — a person who sells flowers
  • Maltese: tal-fjuri — a person who sells flowers
  • Manx: blaagheyder — a person who sells flowers
  • Mauritian Creole: fleris — a person who sells flowers
  • Khiamniungan Naga: tāupūotsíe-hái — a person who sells flowers
  • Pannonian Rusyn: квецар (kvecar) — a person who sells flowers
  • Pannonian Rusyn: квецарка (kvecarka) — a person who sells flowers
  • Polish: kwiaciarz — a person who sells flowers
  • Polish: kwiaciarka — a person who sells flowers
  • Polish: florysta — a person who sells flowers
  • Polish: florystka — a person who sells flowers
  • Portuguese: florista — a person who sells flowers
  • Portuguese: floreiro — a person who sells flowers
  • Romanian: florar — a person who sells flowers
  • Russian: торго́вец цвета́ми (torgóvec cvetámi) — a person who sells flowers
  • Russian: цвето́чник (cvetóčnik) — a person who sells flowers
  • Russian: флори́ст (floríst) — a person who sells flowers
  • Serbo-Croatian: цвећар — a person who sells flowers
  • Serbo-Croatian: цвјећар — a person who sells flowers
  • Serbo-Croatian: cvećar — a person who sells flowers
  • Serbo-Croatian: cvjećar — a person who sells flowers
  • Sicilian: ciurara — a person who sells flowers
  • Sicilian: ciuraru — a person who sells flowers
  • Spanish: florista — a person who sells flowers
  • Swedish: blomsterhandlare — a person who sells flowers
  • Swedish: florist — a person who sells flowers
  • Thai: คนขายดอกไม้ — a person who sells flowers
  • Turkish: çiçekçi — a person who sells flowers
  • Ottoman Turkish: چیچكجی (çiçekci) — a person who sells flowers
  • Ukrainian: торго́вець квітка́ми (torhóvecʹ kvitkámy) — a person who sells flowers
  • Vietnamese: người bán hoa — a person who sells flowers