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forint

noun · 2 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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  • UK: /ˈfɒ.ɹɪnt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈfɔ.ɹɪnt/
  • CMU ARPABET: F AO1 R IH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the basic unit of money in Hungary

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Hungarian monetary unit

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فُورِنْت (fūrint) — unit of currency
  • Bulgarian: фо́ринт (fórint) — unit of currency
  • Catalan: fòrint — unit of currency
  • Chinese Mandarin: 福林 (fúlín) — unit of currency
  • Czech: forint — unit of currency
  • Finnish: forintti — unit of currency
  • French: forint — unit of currency
  • Greek: φιορίνι (fioríni) — unit of currency
  • Hungarian: forint — unit of currency
  • Icelandic: fórinta — unit of currency
  • Icelandic: forinta — unit of currency
  • Italian: fiorino — unit of currency
  • Polish: forint — unit of currency
  • Romanian: forint — unit of currency
  • Russian: фо́ринт (fórint) — unit of currency
  • Serbo-Croatian: фори́нта — unit of currency
  • Serbo-Croatian: фо̀рӣнт — unit of currency
  • Serbo-Croatian: forínta — unit of currency
  • Serbo-Croatian: fòrīnt — unit of currency
  • Spanish: florín húngaro — unit of currency
  • Spanish: forinto — unit of currency