napoleon
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French Napoléon (“given name, usually in reference to Napoleon Bonaparte”). In reference to coins, via French napoléon (“(slang) a coin that originally had the appearance of Napoleon's face in the obverse”).[1] In reference to guns and possibly cards, in reference to Napoleon III.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnapoleon (countable and uncountable, plural napoleons)
- (historical numismatics, slang) The franc germinal: a 20-franc gold coin issued under Napoleon I of France.
- (historical numismatics, slang) Other subsequent 20-franc coins, notes, or values.
- 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Red-Headed League, Norton, published 2005, page 67:
- We had occasion some months ago to strengthen our resources, and borrowed, for that purpose, thirty thousand napoleons from the Bank of France.
- (usually admiringly derogatory) A person resembling Napoleon Bonaparte, (usually) in having come to dominate an area or sphere of activity through ruthlessness or illegality as well as surpassing ability.
- 1894, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, page 260:
- He [sc. James Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city [sc. London]. He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker.
- 1997, Ben Macintyre, The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief:
- (fashion, obsolete) Clipping of Napoleon boot: a form of topboot worn by officers during the Napoleonic Wars.
- 2011, Robert Morgan, Lions of the West::
- Always an eloquent speaker, Polk became known as the Napoleon of the stump.
- (historical weaponry) Clipping of Napoleon gun: a 12-pounder cannon first used by the Second French Empire.
- (card games, uncountable) A 19th-century five-card trick-taking game simplified from euchre.
- (card games, uncountable) Clipping of double napoleon: a form of patience.
- (rare UK horse racing slang, obsolete) Alternative form of nap: a horse to go nap on, a sure thing, a certain winner; a prediction of such a horse; a bet on such a horse.
- Clipping of Napoleon bigarreau: a variety of the white-fleshed bigarreau cherry; a variety of cherry tree bearing such fruit.
- (food, originally US slang) Clipping of Napoleon cake: another name for a millefeuille pastry.
- 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter I (Anarchy), page 373, column 1:
- Fascinated, Miss Manvers thrust aside a garnished plate, took a gulp of the decoction called coffee, and attacked her napoleon.
- (rare) Clipping of Napoleon brandy: any excellent brandy; a serving of such a brandy.
- Short for Napoleon slice.
Synonyms
edit- (gold coin): louis, louis d'or, franc germinal
- (pastry): custard slice, vanilla slice, mille-feuille, millefeuille
Hyponyms
edit(stacked pastry):
Derived terms
editTranslations
edit20-franc gold goin
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References
edit- ^ "Napoleon, n.¹" in the Oxford English Dictionary (2003), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French napoléon. Named after Napoleon Bonaparte, whose image the coins originally bore.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnapoleon m (plural napoleons)
- (historical, numismatics) The 20-franc gold coin, the franc germinal, originally issued under Napoleon, but also used of subsequent gold coins of the same denomination.
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French napoléon, named after French military and political leader Napoleon Bonaparte.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnapoleon m animal
- (historical) napoleon (colloquial term for a former French gold coin, the 20-franc gold coin)
- Synonym: napoleondor
Declension
editDeclension of napoleon
singular | plural | |
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nominative | napoleon | napoleony |
genitive | napoleona | napoleonów |
dative | napoleonowi | napoleonom |
accusative | napoleona | napoleony |
instrumental | napoleonem | napoleonami |
locative | napoleonie | napoleonach |
vocative | napoleonie | napoleony |
Related terms
editadjective
nouns
Further reading
edit- napoleon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French napoléon.
Noun
editnapoleon m (plural napoleoni)
- napoleon (coin)
Declension
editDeclension of napoleon
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) napoleon | napoleonul | (niște) napoleoni | napoleonii |
genitive/dative | (unui) napoleon | napoleonului | (unor) napoleoni | napoleonilor |
vocative | napoleonule | napoleonilor |
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