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English

Etymology

A contraction of Nigeria.

Noun

naira (plural nairas or naira)

1. The official currency of Nigeria, which replaced the pound in 1973; the principal denomination of the currency, equal to 100 kobo.

See also

• ?

Anagrams

• -arian, Arian, Iraan, Raina, Riaan, aiRNA, airan, airna

Finnish

Noun

naira

1. naira (Nigeria's currency)

Declension

Anagrams

• Aarni, Arina, aarin, aarni, arina, raain, raani, raina

Hausa

Noun

nair??? f (plural nair??r??, possessed form nair?àr?)

1. naira (currency of Nigeria)

Spanish

Noun

naira f (plural nairas)

1. naira

Yoruba

Noun

náírà

1. naira (currency of Nigeria)

English

Etymology

Attested since about 1500, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (“dollar”), from Sankt Joachimsthaler, literally "of Joachimstal," the name for coins minted in German Sankt Joachimsthal (“St. Joachim's Valley”) (now Jáchymov, Czech Republic). Ultimately from Joachim + Tal (“valley”). Cognate to Danish daler. Doublet of taler.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?l?/, /?d??l?/
• (General American) enPR: däl??r, IPA^(key): /?d?l?/
• (Canada, sometimes US) IPA^(key): /d?l?/
• Rhymes: -?l?(r)
• Hyphenation: dol?lar

Noun

dollar (plural dollars)

1. Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
2. (by extension) Money generally.
   • 2002, Marcella Ridlen Ray, Changing and Unchanging Face of United States Civil Society

     Television, a favored source of news and information, pulls the largest share of advertising monies. In 1935, newspapers received 45 percent of the advertising dollar, magazines 8 percent, and radio 7 percent.

3. (Britain, colloquial, historical) A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.
   • 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “Born at the Right Time”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.

     We like to go down to restaurant row / Spend those euro-dollars / All the way from Washington to Tokyo
4. (attributive, historical) Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)
   • 1952 Brigadier Sir Harry Mackeson, House of Commons, London; Hansard, vol 504, col 271, 22 July 1952:

     The restricted purchase of dollar tobacco will, we hope, have the effect of increasing the imports of Turkish and Grecian tobacco

   • 1956, The Spectator, Vol. 197, page 342:

     For there are two luxury imports that lead all the others: dollar films and dollar tobacco.

Coordinate terms

afghani, ariary, baht, balboa, birr, bitcoin, bolivar, boliviano, cedi, colon, cordoba, dalasi, dinar, dirham, dobra, dogecoin, dong, dram, escudo, euro, florin, forint, franc, gourde, guarani, guilder, hryvnia, kina, kip, koruna, krona/króna/kronor/krone, kuna, kwacha, kwanza, kyat, lari, lek, lempira, leone, leu, lev, lilangeni, lira, litas, Litecoin, manat, mark, markka, metical, naira, nakfa, ngultrum, ouguiya, pa?anga, pataca, peso, pound, pula, quetzal, rand, rial, rial/riyal, riel, ringgit, ruble, rufiyaa, rupee, rupiah, scudo, shekel, shilling, sol, som, somoni, sterling, taka, tala, tenge, togrog, vatu, won, yen, yuan, zloty

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

See also

• cent
• dale
• mill
• mille
• vale
• valley

Anagrams

• old ral

Danish

Etymology

From English dollar, from German Taler, Thaler. Doublet of daler.

Noun

dollar c (singular definite dollaren, plural indefinite dollar)

1. a dollar (monetary unit)

Declension

References

• “dollar” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English dollar, from early Dutch daler, daalder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?l?r/
• Hyphenation: dol?lar

Noun

dollar m (plural dollars, diminutive dollartje n)

1. dollar (currency, especially the US dollar)

Derived terms

• dollarteken

Related terms

• daalder

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ?? (doru)

French

Etymology

From English dollar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.la?/

Noun

dollar m (plural dollars)

1. dollar

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Irish

Etymology

From English dollar, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (“dollar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???l?????/

Noun

dollar m (genitive singular dollair, nominative plural dollair)

1. dollar

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "dollar" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German daler, via English dollar

Noun

dollar m (definite singular dollaren, indefinite plural dollar, definite plural dollarene)

1. a dollar (monetary unit)

Derived terms

• dollarseddel

References

• “dollar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German daler, via English dollar

Noun

dollar m (definite singular dollaren, indefinite plural dollar, definite plural dollarane)

1. a dollar (monetary unit)

References

• “dollar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From English dollar.

Noun

dollar c

1. dollar

Declension