different between currency vs sucre

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

Spanish Sucre, from the name of Venezuelan independence leader Antonio José de Sucre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?su?k?e?/

Noun

sucre (plural sucres)

1. The former currency of Ecuador, divided into 100 centavos.

Anagrams

• Cruse, Cures, crues, cruse, cuers, cures, curse, ecrus

Catalan

Etymology

From Old French çucre, from Medieval Latin zuccarum, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic ??????? (sukkar), from Persian ???? (šekar), from Sanskrit ?????? (?árkar?, “ground or candied sugar”); see sugar for more details.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?su.k??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?su.k?e/

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

1. sugar

Derived terms

Further reading

• “sucre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sucre” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “sucre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sucre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Old French çucre, from Medieval Latin zuccarum, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic ??????? (sukkar), from Persian ???? (šekar), from Sanskrit ?????? (?árkar?, “ground or candied sugar”); see sugar for more details.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syk?/

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

1. sugar

Derived terms

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: sik
• ? Danish: sucrose
• ? English: sucrose
• ? Malecite-Passamaquoddy: sukol (or from English)
• ? Rade: s?k

Further reading

• “sucre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• crues, crûes, cures, curés, écrus, reçus, sucer

Middle English

Noun

sucre

1. Alternative form of sugre

Old French

Noun

sucre m (nominative singular sucres)

1. Alternative form of çucre

Spanish

Etymology

From the name of Venezuelan independence leader Antonio José de Sucre.

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

1. sucre (former currency of Ecuador)