dolar

See also: dólar, dòlar, and dølar

Basque

Etymology

From English dollar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dolar/ [d̪o.lar]
• Rhymes: -olar, -ar
• Hyphenation: do‧lar

Noun

dolar inan

1. dollar

Declension

Declension of dolar (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	dolar	dolarra	dolarrak	dolarrok
ergative	dolarrek	dolarrak	dolarrek	dolarrok
dative	dolarri	dolarrari	dolarrei	dolarroi
genitive	dolarren	dolarraren	dolarren	dolarron
comitative	dolarrekin	dolarrarekin	dolarrekin	dolarrokin
causative	dolarrengatik	dolarrarengatik	dolarrengatik	dolarrongatik
benefactive	dolarrentzat	dolarrarentzat	dolarrentzat	dolarrontzat
instrumental	dolarrez	dolarraz	dolarrez	dolarrotaz
inessive	dolarretan	dolarrean	dolarretan	dolarrotan
locative	dolarretako	dolarreko	dolarretako	dolarrotako
allative	dolarretara	dolarrera	dolarretara	dolarrotara
terminative	dolarretaraino	dolarreraino	dolarretaraino	dolarrotaraino
directive	dolarretarantz	dolarrerantz	dolarretarantz	dolarrotarantz
destinative	dolarretarako	dolarrerako	dolarretarako	dolarrotarako
ablative	dolarretatik	dolarretik	dolarretatik	dolarrotatik
partitive	dolarrik	—	—	—
prolative	dolartzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “dolar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “dolar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdolar]

Noun

dolar m inan

1. dollar

   Synonyms: doláč, dolcek

Declension

Declension of dolar (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	dolar	dolary
genitive	dolaru	dolarů
dative	dolaru	dolarům
accusative	dolar	dolary
vocative	dolare	dolary
locative	dolaru	dolarech
instrumental	dolarem	dolary

Derived terms

• dolarový
• jednodolarovka

Further reading

• “dolar”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “dolar”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin dolēre.

Verb

dolar (third-person singular present dul)

1. to hurt, ache (feel pain)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch dollar, from English dollar, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (“dollar”), from Sankt Joachimsthaler, literally "of Joachimstal," the name for coins minted in German Sankt Joachimsthal (“St. Joachim's Valley”) (now Jáchymov, Czech Republic).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdolar/
• Hyphenation: do‧lar

Noun

dolar (plural dolar-dolar)

1. dollar

Alternative forms

• dollar

Derived terms

• mendolarkan
• pendolaran

Further reading

• “dolar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish dolar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.lar/
• Rhymes: -ɔlar
• Syllabification: do‧lar

Noun

dolar m inan (related adjective dolarowi)

1. dollar (designation for specific currency)

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “dolar”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “dolar”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]
• “dolar”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English dollar, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (“dollar”), from Sankt Joachimsthaler, literally “of Joachimstal”, the name for coins minted in German Sankt Joachimsthal (“St. Joachim's Valley”) (now Jáchymov, Czech Republic). Ultimately from Joachim + Tal (“valley”).

Pronunciation

• (English-based) IPA^(key): [dɔ.lə(r)]
  • Rhymes: -lə(r), -ə(r)
• IPA^(key): [do.la(r)]
  • Rhymes: -la(r), -a(r)
• Hyphenation: do‧lar

Noun

dolar (Jawi spelling دولر)

1. Dollar (unit of currency):
   1. The currency of the United States, Australia and other countries.
   2. The Bruneian or Singaporean dollar.

      Synonym: ringgit

Compounds

• negara dolar

Further reading

• "dolar" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Polish

dolar

Etymology

Borrowed from English dollar. Doublet of talar. First attested in 1796. Compare Silesian dolar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.lar/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ɔlar
• Syllabification: do‧lar

Noun

dolar m animal (related adjective dolarowy, abbreviation dol.)

1. dollar (designation for specific currency)

   Synonyms: baks, dolec, zielony

2. (nuclear physics) dollar (unit of reactivity equal to the interval between delayed criticality and prompt criticality)

Declension

Declension of dolar

	singular	plural
nominative	dolar	dolary
genitive	dolara	dolarów
dative	dolarowi	dolarom
accusative	dolara	dolary
instrumental	dolarem	dolarami
locative	dolarze	dolarach
vocative	dolarze	dolary

Derived terms

nouns

• dolarówka
• dolaryzacja
• dolec

verbs

• stawiać dolary przeciwko orzechom impf
• wyglądać jak milion dolarów impf

Descendants

• → Kashubian: dolar

Further reading

• “dolar”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “dolar”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)
• dolar in PWN's encyclopedia
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “dolar”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “dolar”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 497

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English dollar.

Noun

dolar m (plural dolari)

1. dollar

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dolar	dolarul	dolari	dolarii
genitive-dative	dolar	dolarului	dolari	dolarilor
vocative	dolarule		dolarilor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dȍlār m inan (Cyrillic spelling до̏ла̄р)

1. dollar

Declension

Declension of dolar

	singular	plural
nominative	dolar	dolari
genitive	dolara	dolara
dative	dolaru	dolarima
accusative	dolar	dolare
vocative	dolare / dolaru	dolari
locative	dolaru	dolarima
instrumental	dolarom	dolarima

Silesian

Etymology

Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Dollar or Polish dolar, ultimately from English dollar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.lar/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔlar
• Syllabification: do‧lar

Noun

dolar m inan

1. dollar (designation for specific currency)

Derived terms

nouns

• dolaryzacyjŏ

Further reading

• dolar in silling.org
• Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022), “dolar”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 72
• Aleksandra Wencel (2023), “dular”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 185

Spanish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin dolāre (“hew, shape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈlaɾ/ [d̪oˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: do‧lar

Verb

dolar (first-person singular present duelo, first-person singular preterite dolé, past participle dolado)

1. (transitive, rare, obsolete) to plane (smooth wood with a plane)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dolar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			dolar
gerund			dolando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dolado		dolada
		plural		dolados		doladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	duelo	duelastú dolásvos	duela	dolamos	doláis	duelan
	imperfect	dolaba	dolabas	dolaba	dolábamos	dolabais	dolaban
	preterite	dolé	dolaste	doló	dolamos	dolasteis	dolaron
	future	dolaré	dolarás	dolará	dolaremos	dolaréis	dolarán
	conditional	dolaría	dolarías	dolaría	dolaríamos	dolaríais	dolarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	duele	duelestú dolésvos2	duele	dolemos	doléis	duelen
	imperfect (ra)	dolara	dolaras	dolara	doláramos	dolarais	dolaran
	imperfect (se)	dolase	dolases	dolase	dolásemos	dolaseis	dolasen
	future1	dolare	dolares	dolare	doláremos	dolareis	dolaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		duelatú dolávos	duele	dolemos	dolad	duelen
	negative		no dueles	no duele	no dolemos	no doléis	no duelen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of dolar (o-ue alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive dolar	dative	dolarme	dolarte	dolarle, dolarse	dolarnos	dolaros	dolarles, dolarse
	accusative	dolarme	dolarte	dolarlo, dolarla, dolarse	dolarnos	dolaros	dolarlos, dolarlas, dolarse
with gerund dolando	dative	dolándome	dolándote	dolándole, dolándose	dolándonos	dolándoos	dolándoles, dolándose
	accusative	dolándome	dolándote	dolándolo, dolándola, dolándose	dolándonos	dolándoos	dolándolos, dolándolas, dolándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative duela	dative	duélame	duélate	duélale	duélanos	not used	duélales
	accusative	duélame	duélate	duélalo, duélala	duélanos	not used	duélalos, duélalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative dolá	dative	dolame	dolate	dolale	dolanos	not used	dolales
	accusative	dolame	dolate	dolalo, dolala	dolanos	not used	dolalos, dolalas
with formal second-person singular imperative duele	dative	duéleme	not used	duélele, duélese	duélenos	not used	duéleles
	accusative	duéleme	not used	duélelo, duélela, duélese	duélenos	not used	duélelos, duélelas
with first-person plural imperative dolemos	dative	not used	dolémoste	dolémosle	dolémonos	dolémoos	dolémosles
	accusative	not used	dolémoste	dolémoslo, dolémosla	dolémonos	dolémoos	dolémoslos, dolémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative dolad	dative	doladme	not used	doladle	doladnos	dolaos	doladles
	accusative	doladme	not used	doladlo, doladla	doladnos	dolaos	doladlos, doladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative duelen	dative	duélenme	not used	duélenle	duélennos	not used	duélenles, duélense
	accusative	duélenme	not used	duélenlo, duélenla	duélennos	not used	duélenlos, duélenlas, duélense

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdolaɾ/ [ˈd̪o.laɾ]
• Syllabification: do‧lar

Noun

dolar m (plural dolares)

1. misspelling of dólar

Further reading

• “dolar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dólar.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdolaɾ/ [ˈd̪oː.lɐɾ]
• Rhymes: -olaɾ
• Syllabification: do‧lar

Noun

dolar (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜎᜇ᜔)

1. alternative form of dolyar: dollar (currency)

Derived terms

• dolarin
• magkadolar

Turkish

Etymology 1

dol- +‎ -ar

Verb

dolar

1. third-person singular indicative aorist of dolmak

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish دولار (dolar), from French dollar, from English dollar, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (“dollar”), from Sankt Joachimsthaler (literally “of Joachimstal”), the name for coins minted in German Sankt Joachimsthal (“St. Joachim's Valley”) (now Jáchymov, Czech Republic), ultimately from Joachim + Tal (“valley”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do.lɑɾ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: do‧lar

Noun

dolar (definite accusative doları, plural dolarlar)

1. dollar

Declension

Declension of dolar

singular plural nominative dolar dolarlar definite accusative doları dolarları dative dolara dolarlara locative dolarda dolarlarda ablative dolardan dolarlardan genitive doların dolarların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular dolarım dolarlarım 2nd singular doların dolarların 3rd singular doları dolarları 1st plural dolarımız dolarlarımız 2nd plural dolarınız dolarlarınız 3rd plural dolarları dolarları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular dolarımı dolarlarımı 2nd singular dolarını dolarlarını 3rd singular dolarını dolarlarını 1st plural dolarımızı dolarlarımızı 2nd plural dolarınızı dolarlarınızı 3rd plural dolarlarını dolarlarını dative singular plural 1st singular dolarıma dolarlarıma 2nd singular dolarına dolarlarına 3rd singular dolarına dolarlarına 1st plural dolarımıza dolarlarımıza 2nd plural dolarınıza dolarlarınıza 3rd plural dolarlarına dolarlarına locative singular plural 1st singular dolarımda dolarlarımda 2nd singular dolarında dolarlarında 3rd singular dolarında dolarlarında 1st plural dolarımızda dolarlarımızda 2nd plural dolarınızda dolarlarınızda 3rd plural dolarlarında dolarlarında ablative singular plural 1st singular dolarımdan dolarlarımdan 2nd singular dolarından dolarlarından 3rd singular dolarından dolarlarından 1st plural dolarımızdan dolarlarımızdan 2nd plural dolarınızdan dolarlarınızdan 3rd plural dolarlarından dolarlarından genitive singular plural 1st singular dolarımın dolarlarımın 2nd singular dolarının dolarlarının 3rd singular dolarının dolarlarının 1st plural dolarımızın dolarlarımızın 2nd plural dolarınızın dolarlarınızın 3rd plural dolarlarının dolarlarının

Derived terms

• dolarlık

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “dolar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [do.ˈlaɾ]

Noun

dolar (genitive dolara, plural dolars)

1. dollar

Declension

Declension of dolar

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dolar	dolars
Genitive	dolara	dolaras
Dative	dolare	dolares
Accusative	dolari	dolaris
Predicative1	dolaru	dolarus
Vocative	o dolar	o dolars

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Derived terms

• dolarazim
• dolar Lamerikänik

See also

• mak
• poun
• yurod