chervonets

English

Alternative forms

• tchervonets

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian черво́нец (červónec), derived from черво́нное зо́лото (červónnoje zóloto), "red gold".

Noun

chervonets (plural chervontsy)

1. Any of several former currencies of Russia: applied to various foreign gold coins prior to the reign of Peter I of Russia, then to a Russian gold coin of 1701-1757, and finally to a 1922 currency of the Soviet Union.

Translations

former Russian currency, usually ten roubles

• Belarusian: чырво́нец m (čyrvónjec)
• Dutch: tsjervonets m
• Esperanto: ĉervonco
• Estonian: tšervoonets
• French: tchervonets m
• German: Tscherwonez m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: cservonyec
• Polish: czerwoniec m
• Romanian: cervoneț
• Russian: черво́нец (ru) m (červónec), черво́нчик (ru) m (červónčik) (diminutive)
• Spanish: chervonets m
• Ukrainian: черві́нець m (červínecʹ)

Anagrams

• conserveth, converseth