different between yuan vs dollar

English

Etymology

From Mandarin ? (yuán), from ??? (yuán, “circle > round coin”) referring to the piece of eight. Compare Japanese ?(??) (en), Korean ? (?, won). Doublet of yen and won.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /j????n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ju??n/, /?ju?n/

Noun

yuan (plural yuan or yuans)

1. The basic unit of money in China.

Synonyms

• kuai, kwai (informal)

Translations

See also

• renminbi
• CNY
• RMB

Anagrams

• Aynu, anyu

French

Etymology

From Mandarin ? (yuán).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?an/, /?an/

Noun

yuan m (plural yuans)

1. yuan (Chinese currency)

Further reading

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

Mandarin

Romanization

yuan

1. nonstandard spelling of yu?n
2. nonstandard spelling of yuán
3. nonstandard spelling of yu?n
4. nonstandard spelling of yuàn

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

yuan m (definite singular yuanen, indefinite plural yuanar, definite plural yuanane)

1. (numismatics) currency used in China (since 1971)

References

• “yuan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• iuane

Etymology

From Mandarin ? (yuán).

Noun

yuan m (plural yuans)

1. yuan (currency unit of China)

Spanish

Etymology

From Mandarin ? (yuán).

Pronunciation

Noun

yuan m (plural yuanes)

1. yuan

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