COINS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Coin

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

Middle English: from Old French coin ‘wedge, corner, die’, coigner ‘to mint’, from Latin cuneus ‘wedge’. The original sense was ‘cornerstone’, later ‘angle or wedge’ (senses now spelled quoin); in late Middle English the term denoted a die for stamping money, or a piece of money produced by such a die

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: kɔɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a flat disc or piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money

Short Definition:

disc or piece of metal used as money

Examples:
  • she opened her purse and took out a coin
  • gold and silver coins

Word: Coin

Speech Type: Verb

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: kɔɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:

make (coins) by stamping metal

Short Definition:

make coins

Examples:
  • guineas and half-guineas were coined
Definition:

invent (a new word or phrase)

Short Definition:

invent

Examples:
  • he coined the term ‘desktop publishing’

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