dollar

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Related terms 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 4 Swedish 4.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From German thaler, ‘dollar’, from thal, ‘valley’, from coins called "Saint Joachim’s thaler", named from silver mined in the Saint Joachim Valley in what is now the Czech Republic (former Joachimsthaler, Germany).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɒlə/, SAMPA: /"dQl@/
• (US) enPR: dälʹər, IPA: /ˈdɑːlɚ/, SAMPA: /"dA:l@`/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

• Rhymes: -ɒlə(r)

[edit] Noun

dollar (plural dollars)

1. Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, Australia, the United States, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.

[edit] Quotations

• 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “Born at the Right Time”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.

  We like to go down to restaurant row / Spend those euro-dollars / All the way from Washington to Tokyo

[edit] Derived terms

• bet one’s bottom dollar
• look like a million dollars
• petrodollar
• the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question
• top dollar

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• cent
• dale
• mill
• mille
• vale
• valley

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɔlɑr/

[edit] Noun

dollar m. (plural dollars, diminutive dollartje)

1. Dollar.

[edit] Related terms

• daalder

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

dollar m. (plural dollars)

1. Dollar

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

Inflection for dollar	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	dollar	dollarn	dollar	dollarna
Possessive form	dollars	dollarns	dollars	dollarnas

dollar c.

1. dollar