Firenze

English

Etymology

From Italian Firenze. Doublet of Florence.

Proper noun

Firenze

1. Alternative form of Florence:
   • 1896, W[alter] D[elaplaine] Scull, “Mrs. Platt”, in The Garden of the Matchboxes and Other Stories, London: Elkin Mathews, page 94:

     But it would have been so nice to have a private income, and to be able sometimes to go to Venezia, Firenze, Roma, those places with the beautiful names.

   • 1996, Fred Plotkin, “Introduction: Garibaldi with a Fork”, in Italy for the Gourmet Traveler, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 5:

     When you plan your first visit to Italy, you will likely put Roma, Firenze, and Venezia at the top of your list, perhaps adding Milano and Napoli as well. These destinations make sense because they are all world-class cities with great history, art, architecture, culture, and food.

   • 2014 December, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, chapter 2, in Sustenance: A Novel of the Count Saint-Germain, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 40:

     His black slacks were the handiwork of his British tailor of a wool-and-Angora blend; his thick-soled shoes were made in Firenze of black leather, and fitted more like gloves than shoes.

   1. A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy.
   2. A metropolitan city of Tuscany, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Florence.

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian, inherited from Latin Flōrentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfirentse/, [ˈfire̞n.ts̠e̞]
• Rhymes: -irentse
• Syllabification^(key): Fi‧ren‧ze
• Hyphenation^(key): Fi‧ren‧ze

Proper noun

Firenze

1. Florence (a city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy)
2. Florence (a metropolitan city of Tuscany, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Florence)

Declension

Inflection of Firenze (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		Firenze	—
genitive		Firenzen	—
partitive		Firenzeä	—
illative		Firenzeen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Firenze	—
accusative	nom.	Firenze	—
	gen.	Firenzen
genitive		Firenzen	—
partitive		Firenzeä	—
inessive		Firenzessä	—
elative		Firenzestä	—
illative		Firenzeen	—
adessive		Firenzellä	—
ablative		Firenzeltä	—
allative		Firenzelle	—
essive		Firenzenä	—
translative		Firenzeksi	—
abessive		Firenzettä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Firenze (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Firenzeni — accusative nom. Firenzeni — gen. Firenzeni genitive Firenzeni — partitive Firenzeäni — inessive Firenzessäni — elative Firenzestäni — illative Firenzeeni — adessive Firenzelläni — ablative Firenzeltäni — allative Firenzelleni — essive Firenzenäni — translative Firenzekseni — abessive Firenzettäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Firenzesi — accusative nom. Firenzesi — gen. Firenzesi genitive Firenzesi — partitive Firenzeäsi — inessive Firenzessäsi — elative Firenzestäsi — illative Firenzeesi — adessive Firenzelläsi — ablative Firenzeltäsi — allative Firenzellesi — essive Firenzenäsi — translative Firenzeksesi — abessive Firenzettäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Firenzemme — accusative nom. Firenzemme — gen. Firenzemme genitive Firenzemme — partitive Firenzeämme — inessive Firenzessämme — elative Firenzestämme — illative Firenzeemme — adessive Firenzellämme — ablative Firenzeltämme — allative Firenzellemme — essive Firenzenämme — translative Firenzeksemme — abessive Firenzettämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Firenzenne — accusative nom. Firenzenne — gen. Firenzenne genitive Firenzenne — partitive Firenzeänne — inessive Firenzessänne — elative Firenzestänne — illative Firenzeenne — adessive Firenzellänne — ablative Firenzeltänne — allative Firenzellenne — essive Firenzenänne — translative Firenzeksenne — abessive Firenzettänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Firenzensä — accusative nom. Firenzensä — gen. Firenzensä genitive Firenzensä — partitive Firenzeään Firenzeänsä — inessive Firenzessään Firenzessänsä — elative Firenzestään Firenzestänsä — illative Firenzeensä — adessive Firenzellään Firenzellänsä — ablative Firenzeltään Firenzeltänsä — allative Firenzelleen Firenzellensä — essive Firenzenään Firenzenänsä — translative Firenzekseen Firenzeksensä — abessive Firenzettään Firenzettänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• firenzeläinen

Italian

Etymology

From Old Italian Fiorenze, from Latin Flōrentiae, locative of Flōrentia. Cf. the alternative obsolete form Fiorenza, from the accusative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈrɛn.t͡se/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛntse
• Hyphenation: Fi‧rèn‧ze

Proper noun

Firenze f

1. Florence (a city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy)
   • 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle]‎^[1], published 1991, section 1:

     Con ciò sia cosa che per gli nostri antichi Fiorentini poche e nonn-ordinate memorie si truovino di fatti passati della nostra città di Firenze, […] , io Giovanni cittadino di Firenze, considerando la nobiltà e grandezza della nostra città a’ nostri presenti tempi, mi pare che si convegna di raccontare e fare memoria dell’origine e cominciamento di così famosa città

     Since few and disorderly memories are found, among our oldest Florentines, of past events of our city Florence, I – Giovanni, citizen of Florence –, considering our city's nobility and greatness at the present time, believe it's appropriate to tell and remember the origin and the beginning of such a famous city.

2. Florence (a metropolitan city of Tuscany, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Florence)
3. the letter F in the Italian spelling alphabet

Related terms

• fiore
• fiorente
• fiorentino
• Fiorenza
• Fiorenzo

Descendants

• → Danish: Firenze
• → Finnish: Firenze
• → Japanese: フィレンツェ (Firentse)
• → Korean: 피렌체 (Pirenche)

Anagrams

• zinefre

Norwegian Bokmål

Firenze, with Palazzo Vecchio on the left and Florence Cathedral on the right.

Ponte Vecchio crossing the Arno.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Firenze (“Florence”), from Old Italian Fiorenze (“Florence”), ultimately from Latin Flōrentiae (“at Florence”), the locative of Flōrentia (“Florence”). The change from pretonic fio- to fi- reflects a characteristic Florentine reduction. Forms of the modern type are attested in medieval Tuscany from the mid-thirteenth century, including Firençe (1255), Firenzzie (1287) and Firense (1304). The archaic and literary Italian form Fiorenza (“Florence”) preserves the older initial diphthong.

The Latin place name Flōrentia (“Florence”) was formed from flōrēns (“blooming, flourishing”), the present participle of flōreō (“to bloom, flourish”), with the place-name suffix -ia. The verb is related to flōs (“flower”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom”). The name therefore means roughly “the flourishing city”.

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk Firenze and Danish Firenze (“Florence”), likewise based on the Italian endonym. Also compare Swedish Florens, German Florenz, English Florence, French Florence, Spanish Florencia, Portuguese Florença, Polish Florencja, Romanian Florența and Russian Флоренция (Florencija, “Florence”), which continue the same Latin name through other routes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) /¹fiˈrɛn.tse/, [fɪˈɾɛ̀n.tsě]; (common) /¹fiˈrɛn.se/, [fɪˈɾɛ̀n.sě]
• Rhymes: (standard) -ɛntse, (common) -ɛnse
• Hyphenation: Fi‧ren‧ze

Proper noun

Firenze

1. Florence; a city in Tuscany, Italy, situated on the Arno and serving as the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence
2. Metropolitan City of Florence; a metropolitan city of Tuscany, Italy, an administrative unit centred on Firenze and established in 2015
3. (historical) Province of Florence; a former province of Tuscany, replaced by the Metropolitan City of Florence in 2015

Derived terms

• florentin (“historical coin”)
• florentiner (“Florentine; person from Florence”)
• florentinerinne (“female Florentine”)
• florentinsk (“Florentine; of or relating to Florence”)

References

• “Firenze” in Store norske leksikon.
• “Firenze” in Treccani.
• “grammatica storica” in Treccani.
• “Perché Firenze si chiama così: la Crusca risponde”, La Nazione.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “flōs, -ōris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages, Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 227–228.
• “florentinerinne” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Further reading

• Category:Category:Florence on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons