different between ksh vs shilling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l??/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Etymology 1

From Middle English schilling, shilling, from Old English s?illing, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, equivalent to skill +? -ing. Doublet of scalding.

Noun

shilling (plural shillings)

1. (historical) A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.

   • A great bargain also had been […] the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.

2. The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
3. (US, historical) A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
4. (US, historical, New York and some other states) The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.

Usage notes

Abbreviations

• (in UK, etc): s. or s or / (solidus)
• (in Kenya): Ksh; (in Somalia) So. Sh.; (in Tanzania) TSh; (in Uganda) UGS

In East Africa, the names of the currencies usually use the proper noun for the country, not its adjectival form: "Kenya shilling", "Tanzania shilling", etc. Amounts are written with a solidus, probably from the UK usage: "2/50" is 2 shillings, 50 cents (not pence); 30 shillings only is written "30/=".

Synonyms

• (Britain, Ireland, Australia, East Africa): bob, generalise, gen, hog, Abraham's willing (archaic)
• (Australia): deener

Derived terms

• King's shilling
• shilling mark
• shillingsworth
• take the shilling

Translations

See also

• schilling
• skilding
• skilling
• solidus

Further reading

• Currencies of the world

Etymology 2

See shill.

Verb

shilling

1. present participle of shill

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.li?/

Noun

shilling m (plural shillings)

1. shilling (old UK coin)

Middle English

Noun

shilling

1. Alternative form of schilling

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English shilling, from Middle English shilling, Old English s?illing, and ultimately Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Doublet of schilling and skilling.

Noun

shilling m (definite singular shillingen, indefinite singular shilling, definite plural shillingene)

1. (numismatics) a shilling

References

• “shilling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English shilling, from Middle English shilling, Old English s?illing, and ultimately Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Doublet of schilling and skilling.

Noun

shilling m (definite singular shillingen, indefinite plural shilling or shillings, definite plural shillingane)

1. (numismatics) a shilling

References

• “shilling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.