Definitions and meaning of coin
coin
English
Etymology
From Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”). Doublet of coign and cuneus. See also quoin (“cornerstone”). Displaced Middle English mynt, from Old English mynet (whence modern English mint), which was derived from Latin monēta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔɪn/
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- (Appalachians, obsolete) IPA(key): /kwaɪn/
- Rhymes: -ɔɪn
- Homophones: coign, quoin
Noun
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.
- A token used in a special establishment like a casino.
- Synonym: chip
- (figurative) That which serves for payment or recompense.
- (uncountable, figurative) Something in broad circulation or use.
- (uncountable, slang, UK, US, African-American Vernacular) Money in general, not limited to coins.
- Synonyms: money; see also Thesaurus:money
- (card games) One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
- A corner or external angle.
- Synonyms: wedge, quoin
- A small circular slice of food.
- (informal, cryptocurrencies) A cryptocurrency; a cryptocoin.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Cantonese: coins (kon1 si2) (from the plural noun form)
- → Japanese: コイン (koin)
Translations
Verb
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
- (by extension) To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase).
- Synonyms: invent, originate
- To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
Derived terms
Translations
References
Anagrams
- ICON, Nico, cion, coni, icon
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwɛ̃/
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- Homophones: coing, coings, coins
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old French coin m, from Latin cuneus m (“wedge”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱū (“sting”).
Noun
coin m (plural coins)
- wedge, cornerpiece
- corner
- area, part, place, spot
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Imitative.
Interjection
coin
- quack
Further reading
- “coin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
coin
- inflection of cú:
- (archaic) dative singular
- nominative/vocative/dative plural
Mutation
Middle English
Noun
coin
- alternative form of coyn (“coin, quoin”)
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
coin
- inflection of cú:
- accusative/dative singular
- nominative/vocative/accusative dual
- nominative plural
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Noun
coin m
- inflection of cù:
- genitive/vocative singular
- nominative/dative plural
Mutation
References
- Colin Mark (2003) “cù”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 184
Source: wiktionary.org