English

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Noun

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arienzo (plural arienzos)

  1. (historical) An old coin of Castille.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish arenzo and arienço, inherited from Latin argenteus.[1] Doublet of the borrowing argénteo and argento. Compare also Old Galician-Portuguese arenço.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈɾjenθo/ [aˈɾjẽn̟.θo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈɾjenso/ [aˈɾjẽn.so]
  • Rhymes: -enθo
  • Rhymes: -enso
  • Syllabification: a‧rien‧zo

Noun

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arienzo m (plural arienzos)

  1. a certain type of old coin from Castille[2]

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “arienzo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ arienzo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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