florence

Other forms of florence

plural

florences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about florence

What does florence mean?

florence means "a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in florence?

florence has 2 syllables: flo-rence. The stress falls on "flo". In IPA it is /ˈflɔɹəns/.

What is another word for florence?

Close synonyms include Firenze. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is florence a common word?

florence is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.