Dollar

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 See also 1.4 Translations

English

Etymology

From German thaler, dollar, from thal, valley, from coins called "Saint Joachim's thaler", named from silver mined in the Saint Joachim Valley in what is now the Czech Republic

Pronunciation

• AHD: DOH-lahr
• IPA:(US) SAMPA:/dO.l3r/

Noun

Dollar (plural Dollars)

1. Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, Australia, the United States, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.

See also

• cent
• dale
• mill
• mille
• vale
• valley

Translations

Arabic: دّولار Bosnian: dolar m. Chinese: 元 Croatian: dolar m. Czech: dolar m. Dutch: dollar m. Finnish: dollari, taala (colloquial) French: dollar Greek: δολλάριο (also δολάριο) [ðo̞ˈlariˌo̞] n. Hindi: डौलर Italian: dollaro m.

Japanese: ドル (doru) Korean: 달러 (darreo) Lithuanian: doleris m. Polish: dolar m. Portuguese: dólar m. Russian: доллар m. Serbian Cyrillic: долар m. Roman: dolar m. Spanish: dólar m. Vietnamese: đồng; đô la, đô-la, đồng Mỹ (United States dollar)

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