dollar

== English == === Alternative forms === dollah, dolla' (eye dialect) === Etymology === Attested since the mid-16th century, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (“dollar”), earlier Joachimsthaler, literally “of Joachimstal”, the town where the original dollars were minted. The name means “(Saint) Joachim's valley”, from Joachim + Tal. Possibly reinforced by the Dutch leeuwendaalder, which was also used in the American colonies. Doublet of taler / thaler and tolar. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɒl.ə/, /ˈdɔː.lə/ (General American, dialectal in Canada) enPR: däʹlər, IPA(key): /ˈdɑ.lɚ/ (Standard Canadian, dialectal in the US) IPA(key): /ˈdɒl.ɚ/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈdɔl.ə/, /ˈdɒl.ə/ Hyphenation: dol‧lar Rhymes: -ɒlə(ɹ) === Noun === dollar (plural dollars) Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $. Synonyms: buck, smackeroo (by extension) Money generally. (by extension, Malaysia, colloquial) A ringgit, a unit of currency in Malaysia. (UK, colloquial, historical) A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more. (attributive, historical) Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.) 1952 Brigadier Sir Harry Mackeson, House of Commons, London; Hansard, vol 504, col 271, 22 July 1952: The restricted purchase of dollar tobacco will, we hope, have the effect of increasing the imports of Turkish and Grecian tobacco (nuclear physics) A unit of reactivity equal to the interval between delayed criticality and prompt criticality. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === cent dale mill mille vale valley === Anagrams === old ral == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === Ultimately from English dollar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈdoɫːɑr] Hyphenation: dol‧lar === Noun === dollar (definite accusative dolları, plural dollarlar) dollar ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “dollar”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎[3] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 667 == Crimean Tatar == === Etymology === From English dollar === Noun === dollar dollar (monetary unit) ==== Declension ==== === References === “dollar”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian) == Danish == === Etymology === From English dollar, from German Taler, Thaler. Doublet of daler. === Noun === dollar c (singular definite dollaren, plural indefinite dollar) a dollar (monetary unit) ==== Declension ==== === References === “dollar” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English dollar, from early Dutch daler, daalder. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɔlɑr/ Hyphenation: dol‧lar === Noun === dollar m (plural dollars, diminutive dollartje n) dollar (currency, especially the US dollar) ==== Derived terms ==== dollarteken ==== Related terms ==== daalder ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: dolar → Japanese: ドル (doru) == French == === Etymology === English dollar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɔ.laʁ/ === Noun === dollar m (plural dollars) dollar, usually the US dollar. (Canada) Canadian dollar. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: dolar (along with English dollar) === Further reading === “dollar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Noun === dollar (plural dollar-dollar) alternative form of dolar (“dollar”) == Irish == === Etymology === From English dollar, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (“dollar”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔl̪ˠəɾˠ/ === Noun === dollar m (genitive singular dollair, nominative plural dollair) dollar ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dollar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Middle Low German daler, via English dollar. === Noun === dollar m (definite singular dollaren, indefinite plural dollar, definite plural dollarene) a dollar (monetary unit) ==== Derived terms ==== dollarseddel === References === “dollar” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Middle Low German daler, via English dollar. === Noun === dollar m (definite singular dollaren, indefinite plural dollar, definite plural dollarane) a dollar (monetary unit) === References === “dollar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From English dollar. === Noun === dollar c dollar ==== Declension ====