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dollar

/ˈdɒlə/DO-lur
/ˈdɑlɚ/DAH-lur

Meaninga coin from the valley

Common meaning: a money unit of the US and other countries

Journey through time

  1. Germanthalersource
  2. Dutchdaalder‘a dollar’source
  3. Englishdollar‘a money unit of the US and other countries’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on German thaler ‘a coin from the valley’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry DOLLAR, p. 176 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • thaler German “a coin from the valley”

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