florist

See also: Florist

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈfloɹɪst/
• (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA^(key): /ˈflɑɹɪst/
• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪst
• 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, page 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

• Afrikaans: bloemis, blomkweker
• Bulgarian: цвета́р m (cvetár), цвета́рка f (cvetárka)
• Burmese: ပန်းသည် (pan:sany)
• Catalan: florista m or f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 花商 (faa¹ soeng¹), 花店 (faa¹ dim³)

  Mandarin: 花商 (zh) (huāshāng), 花店 (zh) (huādiàn)

• Czech: květinář m
• Dutch: bloemist (nl) m, bloemenverkoper (nl) 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) (store or person)
• Khiamniungan Naga: tāupūotsíe-hái
• Khmer: អ្នកលក់ផ្កា (nĕək lŭək phkaa)
• Korean: 꽃집 (kkotjip) (store or person)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: gulfiroş (ku) m or f

• 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
• Ottoman Turkish: چیچكجی (çiçekci)
• 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
• Thai: คนขายดอกไม้
• Turkish: çiçekçi (tr)
• Ukrainian: торго́вець квітка́ми m (torhóvecʹ kvitkámy)
• Vietnamese: người bán hoa

Anagrams

• firlots

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. (botany) one who engages in the study of wild flora (floristics)
2. (historical) speculator in tulips around the time of the tulip mania

   Synonym: bloemist

Derived terms

• floristiek
• floristisch

 

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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	florist	floristul		floriști	floriștii
genitive-dative	florist	floristului		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)

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

florist c

1. a florist

Declension

Declension of florist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	florist	florists
	definite	floristen	floristens
plural	indefinite	florister	floristers
	definite	floristerna	floristernas

References

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