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): /ˈkoɪ̯n/, /ˈkɔɪ̯n/ (Appalachia, obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈkwaɪn/ (Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈkɒɪ̯n/ Rhymes: -ɔɪn Hyphenation: coin 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) Ellipsis of cryptocoin; a cryptocurrency. Coordinate term: token ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cantonese: coins (kon1 si2) (from the plural noun form) → Japanese: コイン (koin) → Korean: 코인 (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, mint To acquire rapidly, as money; to make. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === ICON, Nico, cion, coni, icon == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kwɛ̃/ Homophones: coing, coings, coins === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French coin m, from Latin cuneus m (“wedge”) (see there for further etymology). ==== 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 === IPA(key): /kinʲ/ === Noun === coin inflection of cú: (archaic) dative singular nominative/vocative/dative plural === Mutation === === References === == Middle English == === Noun === coin alternative form of coyn (“coin, quoin”) == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkonʲ/ === Noun === coin inflection of cú: accusative/dative singular nominative/vocative/accusative dual nominative plural === Mutation === == Scottish Gaelic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔɲ/ === Noun === coin m inflection of cù: genitive/vocative singular nominative/dative plural === Mutation === === References === Mark, Colin (2003), “cù”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 184