different between wallet vs bitcoin

English

Etymology

From Middle English walet (“bag, knapsack”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from an assumed Old Northern French *walet (“roll; bag; knapsack”), from Proto-Germanic *wal- (“to roll”). More at walk, well, wallow.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?l?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?l?t/, /?w?l?t/
• Rhymes: -?l?t

Noun

wallet (plural wallets)

1. A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.

   The thief stole all the money and credit cards out of the old man's wallet.

2. (by extension, informal) A person's bank account or assets.

   It's unknown if the pro running back's recent sex scandal will hit him in the wallet or not.

3. A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored.

   I won an auction online for a cheap CD wallet.

4. (archaic) A bag or pouch.

   He brought with him a large wallet with some provisions for the road.

5. (slang) A person's buttocks (the area of the body nearest where one keeps one's wallet).

   He fell down and landed on his wallet.

Synonyms

• billfold
• pocketbook

Translations

See also

• purse
• scrip

Anagrams

• Atwell, Etwall, all wet

German

Verb

wallet

1. second-person plural subjunctive I of wallen

English

Alternative forms

• Bitcoin
• BitCoin

Etymology

bit (“binary digit”) +? coin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?t?k??n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Proper noun

bitcoin

1. (uncountable) A decentralized digital currency.

Noun

bitcoin (plural bitcoins or bitcoin)

1. (countable) A unit of the bitcoin digital currency.

Synonyms

• ?, BTC, XBT (symbols)

Related terms

Subdivisions of bitcoin:

• decicoin: 0.1 BTC
• centicoin (also bitcent): 0.01 BTC
• millibitcoin (mBTC) (also millicoin, millibit): 0.001 BTC
• microbitcoin (?BTC) (also bit): 0.000001 BTC
• satoshi: 0.00000001 BTC

Translations

See also

• cryptocurrency

Further reading

• bitcoin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• binotic, bitonic

Finnish

Etymology

English bitcoin

Noun

bitcoin

1. bitcoin

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bitcoin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bit.k?jn/

Noun

bitcoin m (plural bitcoins)

1. bitcoin

Derived terms

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English bitcoin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bitkojn]
• Hyphenation: bit?coin
• Rhymes: -ojn

Noun

bitcoin (plural bitcoinok)

1. bitcoin

   Hypernyms: kriptovaluta, kriptopénz

Declension

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English bitcoin.

Noun

bitcoin m (plural bitcoins)

1. bitcoin (a cryptocurrency)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bitcoin.

Noun

bitcoin m (plural bitcoines)

1. bitcoin (a cryptocurrency)

Alternative forms

• bitcóin