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Is aureus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word aureus is a Scrabble US word. The word aureus is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is aureus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word aureus is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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Yes. The word aureus is a Words With Friends word. The word aureus is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

AUREUS,URAEUS,

5-letter words (5 found)

AURES,URASE,UREAS,URSAE,USURE,

4-letter words (19 found)

ARES,ARSE,EARS,EAUS,ERAS,RASE,RUES,RUSA,RUSE,SEAR,SERA,SUER,SURA,SURE,UREA,URES,URSA,URUS,USER,

3-letter words (20 found)

ARE,ARS,AUE,EAR,EAS,EAU,ERA,ERS,RAS,RES,RUE,SAE,SAR,SAU,SEA,SER,SUE,SUR,URE,USE,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AR,AS,EA,ER,ES,RE,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 56 words from aureus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of aureus

aureus

Etymology

From Latin aureus (“golden; gold coin equivalent to 25 denarii”), noun use of adjective, from aurum (“gold”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔːɹɪəs/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪəs

Noun

aureus (plural aurei or aureuses)

  1. A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from approximately 100 B.C.E. to 309 C.E., equal to 25 denarii.

Translations

Anagrams

  • uraeus, uræus

Latin

Etymology

aurum (“gold”) +‎ -eus (“-ous”, derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.re.us/, [ˈäu̯reʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.re.us/, [ˈäːu̯reus]

Adjective

aureus (feminine aurea, neuter aureum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Made of gold, golden; gilded
  2. Of the color of gold, gold-colored; shining or glittering like gold
  3. (figuratively) of physical and mental greatness or attraction: golden, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, excellent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Synonyms

  • (made of gold): aureolus
  • (gilded): aureolus, bracteātus
  • (of the color of gold): aurātilis, auricolor, aurōsus, aurulentus, chrȳseus
  • (splendid, excellent): aureolus

Noun

aureus m (genitive aureī); second declension

  1. (numismatics) gold coin equivalent to 25 denarii, aureus (up to the 4th century AD)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms

  • solidus

Derived terms

  • aureātus
  • Aurēlius
  • aureolus

Related terms

Descendants

References

  • “aureus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “aureus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aureus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • aureus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “aureus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aureus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “aureus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aureus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awˈrɛ.us/
  • Rhymes: -ɛus
  • Syllabification: au‧re‧us

Noun

aureus m animal

  1. (Ancient Rome, historical) aureus

Declension

Further reading

  • aureus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin aureus.

Noun

aureus m (uncountable)

  1. aureus

Declension

References

  • aureus in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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