different between currency vs kroon

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 Estonian kroon (“crown”). Doublet of crown and corona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k???n/

Noun

kroon (plural krooni or kroons)

1. The former currency of Estonia, divided into 100 senti

Synonyms

• KR

Translations

Anagrams

• ronko

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kr???n/

Etymology 1

From Dutch kroon, from Middle Dutch crône, from Old Dutch cor?na, from Latin cor?na.

Noun

kroon (plural krone)

1. A crown.

Etymology 2

From Dutch kronen, from Middle Dutch crônen.

Verb

kroon (present kroon, present participle kronende, past participle gekroon)

1. (transitive) to crown, to award

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kro?n/
• Hyphenation: kroon
• Rhymes: -o?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch crône, from Old Dutch cor?na, from Latin cor?na. Doublet of kruin.

Noun

kroon f (plural kronen, diminutive kroontje n)

1. crown
   1. regal headgear
   2. (metonymically) royal power
   3. part of a tooth not covered by gum
   4. (dentistry) tooth prosthesis
   5. (botany) top of a growth
   6. any of various currencies, including the Danish krone, Estonian kroon, Swedish krona
2. (botany) calyx (group of sepals)
3. (dated) chandelier with more than two arms

Derived terms

• kronen
• keizerskroon
• kroonblad
• kroondomein
• kroonluchter
• kroontjespen
• lichtkroon
• ontkronen
• sneeuwkroon
• tandkroon

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kroon
• ? Indonesian: kerun

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

kroon

1. first-person singular present indicative of kronen
2. imperative of kronen

Estonian

Etymology

From Low German kr?ne

Noun

kroon (genitive krooni, partitive krooni)

1. crown (headgear)
2. crown (any of various currencies, including the Danish krone, Estonian kroon, Swedish krona)
3. crown (tooth covering)

Declension

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