stelo

See also: Stelo and ŝtelo

English

A one-stelo coin

Etymology

From Esperanto stelo. Doublet of estoile, étoile, and stella.

Noun

stelo (plural steloj)

1. (numismatics) A monetary unit of Esperantists from 1945 to 1993, one of whose aims was to achieve a single world currency.
   • 1980 July, COINage, volume 16, number 7, Ventura, Calif.: Behn-Miller Publishers, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 51–52:

     One stelo theoretically equals in value of one kilogram of bread. […] The five steloj, 1959 (60), obverse shows a world globe symbolizing the unity of mankind. […] Most Esperantists use International Reply Coupons for the purposes for which stelo coins were intended, he added.

   • 1982 September, Marvin Kay, “Medicine in Numismatics”, in N[orris] Neil Harris, editor, The Numismatist, volume 95, number 9, Colorado Springs, Colo.: American Numismatic Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2237, column 2:

     More patterns were issued in 1959, these in 1-, 5- and 10-steloj denominations. The piece shown here is a 25-steloj coin issued in Poland in 1965.

   • 2013, Jay M. Galst, Peter G[erritt] van Alfen, “Ophthalmologists Famous in Other Fields”, in Ophthalmologia: Optica et Visio in Nummis (Hirschberg History of Ophthalmology: The Monographs; 13), Piribebuy, Cordillera: Jean-Paul Wayenborgh; New York, N.Y.: American Numismatic Society, →ISBN, page 137:

     Stelo fantasy coins were minted in several other denominations: a series from 1959, for example, features a bronze 1 stelo, an aluminum-bronze 5 steloj, and a copper-nickel 10 steloj.

   • 2024, Roberto Menchaca, “Esperanto in Numismatics”, in Alena Adler, Logan Hall, editors, Usona Esperantisto, number 2024:1, El Cerrito, Calif.: Esperanto-USA, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, column 1:

     The first coins were minted in 1959 by the Royal Dutch Mint in Utrecht in the denominations of one, five and ten steloj. […] In 1965 a fourth type of coin was added to the former with a nominal value of 25 steloj. […] Silver and gold varieties of the 25-stelo coins were also produced.

See also

• spesmilo

Further reading

• stelo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Esperanto

Dekses steloj.

Etymology

From Latin stella. Doublet of astro and astero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstelo/

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• Rhymes: -elo
• Hyphenation: ste‧lo

Noun

stelo (accusative singular stelon, plural steloj, accusative plural stelojn)

1. star

   verda stelo ― green star

2. (numismatics) stelo (a unit of Esperanto international currency issued by the Universal League from 1945 to 1993)

Derived terms

• ĉefstelo
• duobla stelo
• falstelo
• fiksa stelo
• kelkopa stelo / kelkobla stelo / multobla stelo
• kvaropa stelo
• marstelo
• neŭtrona stelo
• stelamaso
• steleto
• stellumo
• stelulo / stelulino
• triobla stelo
• vesperstelo

Descendants

• Ido: stelo

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto, from Latin stella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstelo/

Noun

stelo (plural steli)

1. star

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin stilus. Doublet of stilo and stile, which were borrowed from Latin and French respectively.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛ.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛlo
• Hyphenation: stè‧lo

Noun

stelo m (plural steli)

1. stem (of a plant)
2. rod

Related terms

• stilo

Further reading

• stelo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• lesto, solte, stole, tolse