coinage

English

Etymology

From Middle English coignage, from Old French coignage, from coignier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ/

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Noun

coinage (countable and uncountable, plural coinages)

1. The process of coining money.
2. (uncountable) Coins taken collectively; currency.
3. (uncountable, lexicography) The creation of new words, neologizing.
   • 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎^[1], page 13:

     Caution needs to be exercised in regards to claims of coinage as the data contained a number of examples of writers professing the invention of a term that had actually been in existence for many years.

4. (countable, lexicography) Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism.
5. The process of creating something new.
   • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man

     The head will serve for my new coinage, and be an omen to all dutiful subjects of my future success.

Translations

process of coining money

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貨幣制度, 货币制度 (huòbì zhìdù)

• Finnish: rahan lyöminen
• French: frappe (fr) f (de la monnaie)

• German: Münzprägung f
• Italian: conio (it) m
• Japanese: 貨幣鋳造 (かへいちゅうぞう, kahei chūzō)
• Russian: чека́нка (ru) f (čekánka) (монет)

currency — see currency

neologizing — see neologize

neologism — see neologism

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