denier

See also: dénier

English

Etymology 1

From Old French denier, from Latin denarius. Doublet of dinar.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dənyā'
• enPR: dənî(r)', IPA^(key): /dəˈnɪə(ɹ)/ (coin)
  
• enPR: dĕn'yə(r), IPA^(key): /ˈdɛnjə(ɹ)/ (unit of fineness of yarn)

• Audio (US) (yarn)

  (file)

• 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 linear density 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. Originally equal to the weight of a denier coin per 9600 aunes.
   • 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

• Catalan: diner (ca) m
• Finnish: denier (fi)
• French: denier (fr) m
• Italian: denaro (it)
• Russian: денье́ (ru) n (denʹjé)

unit of fineness of yarn

• Finnish: denier (fi)
• French: denier (fr) m
• Japanese: デニール (denīru)
• Russian: денье́ (ru) n (denʹjé)
• Swedish: denier (sv) c

See also

• tex

Etymology 2

deny +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĭnī'ə(r), IPA^(key): /dɪˈnaɪə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

denier (plural deniers)

1. One who denies or forbids something.
   • 2003, ABA Journal (volume 89)

     Also, visitation deniers don't always get off with a slap on the wrist.

2. One who denies the existence of something.

   Holocaust denier

   global warming denier

   AIDS denier

Derived terms

• climate denier

Related terms

• denialism
• denialist

Translations

person who denies the existence of something

• Arabic: مُنْكِر‎ (munkir)
• Danish: benægter c (notably concerning the Holocaust)
• Finnish: kieltäjä (fi)
• Galician: negador m, negadora f
• German: Leugner (de) m
• Portuguese: negador m, negadora f
• Russian: отрицатель (ru) m (otricatelʹ), отрицательница (ru) f (otricatelʹnica)
• Serbo-Croatian: порицатељ m (poricatelj), порицатељка f (poricateljka)
• Slovak: popierač m, popieračka f
• Spanish: negador (es) m, negadora (es) f
• Turkish: inkârcı (tr), münkir (tr)
• Volapük: (epicene) noan (vo), (male) hinoan, (female) jinoan

Anagrams

• Edirne, Nereid, diener, nereid, reined

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Finnish

Etymology

From French denier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdenier/, [ˈde̞nie̞r]
• Rhymes: -enier
• Syllabification^(key): de‧ni‧er

Noun

denier

1. denier (unit of measure)
2. denier (old coin)

Declension

Inflection of denier (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		denier	denierit
genitive		denierin	denierien deniereiden deniereitten
partitive		denieriä	deniereitä denierejä
illative		denieriin	deniereihin
		singular	plural
nominative		denier	denierit
accusative	nom.	denier	denierit
	gen.	denierin
genitive		denierin	denierien deniereiden deniereitten
partitive		denieriä	deniereitä denierejä
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

Possessive forms of denier (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	denierini	denierimme
2nd person	denierisi	denierinne
3rd person	denierinsä

Anagrams

• dreeni, reiden

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French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French denier, inherited from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of dénaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də.nje/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

denier m (plural deniers)

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

Derived terms

• deniers publics

Further reading

• “denier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• de rien

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French denier, Latin dēnārius.

Noun

denier m (plural deniers)

1. denier (coin)

Descendants

• French: denier

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin dēnārius.

Noun

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

1. denier (coin)

Descendants

• Middle French: denier
  • French: denier
• → English: denier

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Romanian

Etymology

From French denier.

Noun

denier m (plural denieri)

1. denier (weight)

Declension

Declension of denier

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) denier	denierul	(niște) denieri	denierii
genitive/dative	(unui) denier	denierului	(unor) denieri	denierilor
vocative	denierule		denierilor

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Swedish

Noun

denier c

1. denier

Declension

Declension of denier
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	denier	denieren	denier	denierer
Genitive	deniers	denierens	deniers	denierers

Anagrams

• diener