coin
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”). Doublet of cuneus. See also quoin (“cornerstone”)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
coin (countable and uncountable, plural coins)
- (money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- ...the coins were of all countries and sizes - doubloons, and louis d'ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight...
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- A token used in a special establishment like a casino.
- Synonym: chip
- (figuratively) That which serves for payment or recompense.
- (uncountable, slang, US, African-American Vernacular) Money in general, not limited to coins.
- Synonyms: money; see also Thesaurus:money
- She spent some serious coin on that car!
- 2014, Nicki Minaj, "Anaconda", The Pinkprint:
- Boy toy named Troy, used to live in Detroit, big dope dealer money he was getting some coin.
- (card games) One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
- A corner or external angle.
- A small circular slice of food.
- 2015, Fodor's The Carolinas & Georgia
- For munchies try deep-fried jalapeño coins, jumbo Buffalo wings, and hush puppies with a sweet edge.
- 2015, Fodor's The Carolinas & Georgia
- (informal) A cryptocurrency.
- What's the best coin to buy right now?
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Japanese: コイン (koin)
TranslationsEdit
(currency) a piece of currency
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a token used in a special establishment like a casino
one of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit
VerbEdit
coin (third-person singular simple present coins, present participle coining, simple past and past participle coined)
- To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.
- Synonyms: mint, manufacture
- to coin silver dollars
- to coin a medal
- (by extension) To make or fabricate.
- Synonyms: invent, originate
- Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined.
- (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Some tale, some new pretense, he daily coined, / To soothe his sister and delude her mind.
- To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
- 1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money. […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1692, OCLC 933799310, page 36:
- [...] Tenants cannot coin their Rent juſt at Quarter-day, but muſt gather it up by degrees, and lodge it with them till Pay-day, or borrow it of thoſe who have it lying by them, [...]
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to create coins
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to make up or invent, and establish
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AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old French coin, from Latin cuneus (“wedge”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱū (“sting”).
NounEdit
coin m (plural coins)
- wedge, cornerpiece
- corner
- 2016, Joey Richardière, Une fille venue d'ailleurs, Chiado.
- Lorsque les copains se retrouvaient au café du coin, pour boire une bière, taquiner le flipper ou le baby-foot, il n'était accepté que parce qu'il régalait.
- When the mates met up in the café at the corner, to drink a beer, have a go at the pinball machine or the football table, he was only tolerated because he treated them.
- L'église fait le coin.
- The church is just on the corner.
- 2016, Joey Richardière, Une fille venue d'ailleurs, Chiado.
- area, part, place, spot
- « Je suis le seul robot dans ce coin. »
- "I am the only robot around here."
Derived termsEdit
- du coin (“local”)
- en coin (“from the corner, from the side”)
- petit coin (“loo, toilet”)
- au coin
Etymology 2Edit
Imitative.
InterjectionEdit
coin
Further readingEdit
- “coin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
coin
MutationEdit
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coin | choin | gcoin |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
coin
- Alternative form of coyn (“coin, quoin”)
Old IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
coin
- inflection of cú:
MutationEdit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| coin | choin | coin pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *kunes (compare Welsh cŵn, Cornish keun).
NounEdit
coin m pl