different between currency vs tetri

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 Georgian ????? (tetri).

Noun

tetri (plural tetri)

1. a unit of currency in Georgia, one hundredth of a lari

Anagrams

• titer, titre, trite

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tetri.

Noun

tetri

1. (dialectal) black grouse

Synonyms

• teeri

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?tri

Adjective

tetri

1. plural of tetro

Latin

Adjective

t?tr?

1. genitive masculine singular of t?ter
2. genitive neuter singular of t?ter
3. nominative masculine plural of t?ter
4. vocative masculine plural of t?ter