denier

See also dénier

English

Etymology 1

Old French denier, from Latin denarius.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dənî(r)', IPA: /dəˈnɪə(r)/, X-SAMPA: d@"nI@(r) (coin)
  
• enPR: dĕn'ĭə(r), IPA: /ˈdɛnɪə(r)/, X-SAMPA: "dEnI@(r) (unit of fineness of yarn)

• Audio (US) (yarn)

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

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.

Translations

coin

• French: denier (fr) m

• Russian: денье (ru) (den'jé) n

unit of fineness of yarn

• French: denier (fr) m

• Russian: денье (ru) (den'jé) n

See also

• tex

Etymology 2

to deny + -er.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĭnī'ə(r), IPA: /dɪˈnaɪə(r)/, X-SAMPA: /dI"naI@(r)/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

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)

Related terms

• denialism
• denialist

Translations

person who denies something

• German: Klimawandelleugner (de) m, Klimawandelleugnerin (de) f, Holocaustleugner (de) m, Holocaustleugnerin (de) f

• Volapük: (epicene) noan (vo), (male) hinoan (vo), (female) jinoan (vo), (God, epicene) Godinoan (vo), (God, male) Godihinoan (vo), (God, female) Godijinoan (vo)

Anagrams

• Nereid, nereid, reined

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Finnish

Noun

denier

1. denier (unit of measure)

Declension

Declension of denier (type paperi) singular plural nominative denier denierit genitive denierin denierien deniereiden deniereitten partitive denieriä deniereitä denierejä accusative denier denierin denierit inessive denierissä deniereissä elative denieristä deniereistä illative denieriin deniereihin adessive denierillä deniereillä ablative denieriltä deniereiltä allative denierille deniereille essive denierinä deniereinä translative denieriksi deniereiksi instructive – denierein abessive denierittä deniereittä comitative – deniereineen

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French

Etymology

Old French denier, Latin denarius.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dənje/

Noun

denier m (plural deniers)

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

Anagrams

• de rien

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Middle French

Etymology

Old French denier, Latin denarius.

Noun

denier m (plural deniers)

1. denier (coin)

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Old French

Etymology

Latin denarius.

Noun

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

1. denier (coin)