different between currency vs krona

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

Borrowed from Swedish krona (“crown”).

Noun

krona (plural kronor)

1. The official currency of Sweden.

Usage notes

Krona is the Swedish spelling, plural: kronor. Króna is the Icelandic spelling, plural: krónur. Krone is the Danish and Norwegian spelling, plural: kroner.

Translations

Anagrams

• Akron, Koran, Ranko

Latvian

Etymology

A borrowing from the respective Scandianavian languages: Swedish krona, Danish krone, Icelandic króna, Faroese króna, all ultimately from Latin cor?na (“crown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kr??na]

Noun

krona f (4th declension)

1. krona (monetary units of the Scandinavian countries (Swedish krona, Danish and Norwegian krone, Icelandic króna))

Declension

Lithuanian

Etymology

A borrowing from the respective Scandianavian languages: Swedish krona, Danish krone, Icelandic króna, Faroese króna, all ultimately from Latin cor?na (“crown”).

Noun

kronà f (plural krònos) stress pattern 2

1. krona (currencies of Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Sweden)

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• kronen

Noun

krona m or f

1. definite feminine singular of krone

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse krýna, from Middle Low German kr?nen, from Latin cor?nare (“crown”).

Verb

krona (present tense kronar, past tense krona, past participle krona, passive infinitive kronast, present participle kronande, imperative kron)

1. to crown

Derived terms

• kroning

Etymology 2

Noun

krona f

1. definite singular of krone

References

• “krona” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Slovak

Etymology

From Swedish krona, from Latin cor?na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?krona]
• IPA^(key): [?kru?na]

Noun

krona f (genitive singular krony, nominative plural krony, genitive plural kron, declension pattern of žena)

1. (numismatics) krona (currency of Sweden)

Declension

References

• krona in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin cor?na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kró?na/

Noun

kr??na f

1. crown (headdress)

Inflection

Derived terms

• kr??nati

Further reading

• “krona”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin cor?na, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kor?n?). Doublet of korona and corona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kru??na/

Noun

krona c

1. crown
2. krona, crown (the Swedish currency unit), abbreviated to kr or kr.
3. krone (Danish and Norwegian currencies)
4. króna (currencies)
5. heads (of a coin)

   Krona eller klave?

   Heads or tails?

Declension

Usage notes

Krona is the Swedish spelling, plural: kronor. Króna is the Icelandic spelling, plural: krónur. Krone is the Danish and Norwegian spelling, plural: kroner.

Antonyms

• (side of coin): klave

Descendants

• ? Estonian: kroonu
• ? Finnish: kruunu

Anagrams

• ankor, kanor, korna, orkan