different between currency vs gulden

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

From Middle English, from Middle Dutch gulden (florijn) (“golden (florin)”).

Noun

gulden (plural guldens or gulden)

1. (historical) An old currency of the Netherlands (and its overseas territory the Netherlands Antilles).

Synonyms

• guilder

Derived terms

• guilder

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• ledung, lunged, ungeld

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch guldijn, guldin, gulden, from Old Dutch *guld?n, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ?naz. Equivalent to goud +? -en, replaced in modern Dutch with gouden in most contexts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l.d?n/
• Hyphenation: gul?den
• Rhymes: -?ld?n

Adjective

gulden (not comparable)

1. golden, made of gold

   Synonym: gouden

2. (figuratively) precious, excellent, priceless
3. guilded, plated with gold or coated with something resembling gold

   Synonym: verguld

Inflection

Derived terms

• guldenblad
• guldenroede
• guldensnede

Noun

gulden m (plural guldens, diminutive guldentje n)

1. The guilder (or florin, abbreviated fl.), the Dutch national currency till the introduction of the Euro.

   Synonym: florijn

2. Name of several historical gold or silver coins.

Synonyms

• ƒ, fl

Middle English

Adjective

gulden

1. Alternative form of gilden

Swedish

Noun

gulden

1. definite plural of guld