different between zequin vs sequin

English

Noun

zequin (plural zequins)

1. Alternative spelling of zecchin

Anagrams

• quinze

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French sequin, from Italian zecchino, from zecca (“mint”), from Arabic ??????? (sikka, “die for coining, coin”). Doublet of zecchin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?.kw?n/

Noun

sequin (plural sequins)

1. (now historical) Any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey.

   Synonym: zecchin

   • 1816, William Beckford, Vathek, Oxford 2013, p. 10:

     ‘Let him receive as many robes of honour and thousands of sequins of gold as he hath spoken words.’

   • 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pices stamped with what looked like wisps of string or its of spider's web, round pieces and square pieces, and pieces bored through the middle, as if to ware them round your neck - nearly every variety of money in the world must, I think, have found a place in that collection...

2. (fashion) A sparkling spangle used for the decoration of ornate clothing.

   Synonym: paillette

Translations

Further reading

• sequin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• sequin in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Quines, quines, sinque

French

Etymology

From Italian zecchino, from zecca (“mint”), from Arabic ??????? (sikka, “die for coining, coin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.k??/

Noun

sequin m (plural sequins)

1. (money) zecchin, sequin
2. sequin

   Synonym: paillette

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• enquis, équins, niques, niqués