different between currency vs cedi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin currentia, from Latin curr?ns, from curr?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??.?n.si/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??.?n.si/, /?k?.?n.si/
• (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)

Noun

currency (countable and uncountable, plural currencies)

1. Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.

2. (more specifically) Paper money.
   • 1943, William Saroyan, The Human Comedy, chapter 3,

     Spangler went through his pockets, coming out with a handful of small coins, one piece of currency and a hard-boiled egg.

3. The state of being current; general acceptance or recognition.

4. (obsolete) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
   • 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain

     He […] takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency, and not after intrinsic value.
5. (obsolete) fluency; readiness of utterance

Derived terms

• (economics): fiat currency, closed currency, hard currency, metacurrency, cryptocurrency

Related terms

• current
• course

Translations

See also

• Category:Currency symbols

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Fante Akan sedi (“cowrie shell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?di?/

Noun

cedi (plural cedis)

1. The currency of Ghana, divided into 100 pesewas and represented by ?.

Translations

Anagrams

• -cide, Dice, deci-, dice, iced

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin c?d? (“to yield”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?sedi/
• Hyphenation: ce?di
• Rhymes: -edi
• Audio:

Verb

cedi (present cedas, past cedis, future cedos, conditional cedus, volitive cedu)

1. to accommodate

   Synonyms: alfari, akomodi, helpi, adapti, lo?igi, fari servon, akomodi?i, doni lo?ejon, enlo?igi, gastigi

2. to cede
3. to compliment

   Synonym: komplimenti

4. to comply

   Synonyms: observi, konveni, obei

5. to concede

   Synonyms: koncedi, koncesii

6. to give in

   Synonym: submeti?i

7. to give way
8. to grant

   Synonyms: koncedi, doni, permesi, donaci

9. to submit

   Synonyms: sendi, submeti?i, submeti, subi?i, submeti sin

10. to yield

    Synonyms: doni, kapitulaci, redoni, liveri, rezigni, forcedi, frukti

Conjugation

Derived terms

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???.di/
• Rhymes: -?di

Verb

cedi

1. second-person singular present indicative of cedere
2. second-person singular imperative of cedere

Anagrams

• dice

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ke?.di?/, [?ke?d?i?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??e.di/, [?t????d?i]

Verb

c?d?

1. present passive infinitive of c?d?

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ce?di

Verb

cedi

1. first-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of ceder

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

cedi (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. third-person singular present of céditi
2. second-person singular imperative of céditi