denier
See also: dénier
English
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French denier, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin denarius.
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)
- (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.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 117:
- 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. 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.
- 2002, Jill Mansell, Staying at Daisy's:
Translations
coin
unit of fineness of yarn
See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
denier (plural deniers)
- 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
Translations
person who denies something
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Finnish
Noun
denier
- denier (unit of measure)
- denier (old coin)
Declension
Inflection of denier (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | denierittä | deniereittä | ||
instructive | — | denierein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French denier, inherited from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of dénaire.
Pronunciation
Noun
denier m (plural deniers)
Further reading
- “denier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French denier, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dēnārius.
Noun
denier m (plural deniers)
- denier (coin)
Old French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dēnārius.
Noun
denier oblique singular, m (oblique plural deniers, nominative singular deniers, nominative plural denier)
- denier (coin)
Descendants
Swedish
Noun
denier c
Declension
Declension of denier | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | denier | denieren | denier | denierer |
Genitive | deniers | denierens | deniers | denierers |
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