denier

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Etymology 1 [edit]

Old French denier, from Latin denarius.

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denier (plural deniers)

  1. (now historical) An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou.
    • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 117:
      A bronze denier bearing the inscription CONRADUS around a central cross, was minted in Lugdunum.
  2. A unit of weight which indicates the fineness of fiber or yarn, equal to one gram per 9000 meters, used especially to measure or indicate the fineness of hosiery.
    • 2002, Jill Mansell, Staying at Daisy's:
      Upstairs she rummaged through her chest of drawers, finally unearthing an unopened pack of ten denier barely blacks.
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Etymology 2 [edit]

to deny + -er.

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denier (plural deniers)

  1. Person who denies something.
    Holocaust denier (see Wikipedia:Holocaust denial)
    Global warming denier (see Wikipedia:Global warming denial)
    AIDS denier (see Wikipedia:AIDS denial)
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Finnish [edit]

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denier

  1. denier (unit of measure)

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French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Old French denier, Latin denarius.

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  • IPA: /dənje/

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denier m (plural deniers)

  1. denier (coin)
  2. (by extension) money
  3. denier (unit of weight)

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Middle French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Old French denier, Latin denarius.

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denier m (plural deniers)

  1. denier (coin)

Old French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Latin denarius.

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denier m (oblique plural deniers, nominative singular deniers, nominative plural denier)

  1. denier (coin)