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See also: Dollar and dollár

English

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A one-dollar note (US), front and back.

Etymology

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Proto-Germanic *dalą
Proto-West Germanic *dal
Old High German tal
Middle High German tal
German Tal
German Talerder.
Middle Low German dālerbor.
Dutch dalerbor.
English dollar

    Attested since the mid-16th century, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (“dollar”), earlier Joachimsthaler, literally “of Joachimstal”, the town where the original dollars were minted. The name means “(Saint) Joachim's valley”, from Joachim + Tal. Possibly reinforced by the Dutch leeuwendaalder, which was also used in the American colonies. Doublet of taler / thaler and tolar.

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    Noun

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    dollar (plural dollars)

    2. Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
      Synonyms: buck, smackeroo
      • 2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist‎[1], volume 407, number 8838, page 11:
        But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
      • 2015 November 22, “Pennies”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 35, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
        Yeah, but why? Lincoln doesn’t need the penny for notoriety. He’s everywhere. We put him on novelty bandages, cup-and-ball games, and creepy Chia Pets. And you know where else we put him? The five-dollar bill! You know, the thing that’s worth 500 times more than the penny!
      • 2023 October 23, Anna Cooban, “Javier Milei wants Argentina to swap the peso for the US dollar. Here’s what that could mean”, in CNN Business‎[2]:
        The value of the peso has plummeted 858% against the US dollar over the past five years as the central bank printed more of the currency to help the country’s spendthrift government avoid defaulting on its debts. […] There’s another significant snag in Milei’s plan: Argentina doesn’t have enough dollars to ditch the peso.
    3. (by extension) Money generally.
      • 2002, Marcella Ridlen Ray, Changing and Unchanging Face of United States Civil Society:
        Television, a favored source of news and information, pulls the largest share of advertising monies. In 1935, newspapers received 45 percent of the advertising dollar, magazines 8 percent, and radio 7 percent.
    4. (by extension, Malaysia, colloquial) A ringgit, a unit of currency in Malaysia.
    5. (UK, colloquial, historical) A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.
    6. (attributive, historical) Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)
      • 1952 Brigadier Sir Harry Mackeson, House of Commons, London; Hansard, vol 504, col 271, 22 July 1952:
        The restricted purchase of dollar tobacco will, we hope, have the effect of increasing the imports of Turkish and Grecian tobacco
      • 1956, The Spectator, volume 197, page 342:
        For there are two luxury imports that lead all the others: dollar films and dollar tobacco.
    7. (nuclear physics) A unit of reactivity equal to the interval between delayed criticality and prompt criticality.

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    Azerbaijani

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    Other scripts
    Cyrillic доллар
    Arabic دوْلار
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    Etymology

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    Ultimately from English dollar.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈdoɫːɑr]
    • Hyphenation: dol‧lar

    Noun

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    dollar (definite accusative dolları, plural dollarlar)

    1. dollar

    Declension

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    Declension of dollar
    singular plural
    nominative dollardollarlar
    definite accusative dollarıdollarları
    dative dollaradollarlara
    locative dollardadollarlarda
    ablative dollardandollarlardan
    definite genitive dollarındollarların
    Possessive forms of dollar
    nominative
    singular plural
    mənim (“my”) dollarım dollarlarım
    sənin (“your”) dolların dollarların
    onun (“his/her/its”) dolları dollarları
    bizim (“our”) dollarımız dollarlarımız
    sizin (“your”) dollarınız dollarlarınız
    onların (“their”) dolları or dollarları dollarları
    accusative
    singular plural
    mənim (“my”) dollarımı dollarlarımı
    sənin (“your”) dollarını dollarlarını
    onun (“his/her/its”) dollarını dollarlarını
    bizim (“our”) dollarımızı dollarlarımızı
    sizin (“your”) dollarınızı dollarlarınızı
    onların (“their”) dollarını or dollarlarını dollarlarını
    dative
    singular plural
    mənim (“my”) dollarıma dollarlarıma
    sənin (“your”) dollarına dollarlarına
    onun (“his/her/its”) dollarına dollarlarına
    bizim (“our”) dollarımıza dollarlarımıza
    sizin (“your”) dollarınıza dollarlarınıza
    onların (“their”) dollarına or dollarlarına dollarlarına
    locative
    singular plural
    mənim (“my”) dollarımda dollarlarımda
    sənin (“your”) dollarında dollarlarında
    onun (“his/her/its”) dollarında dollarlarında
    bizim (“our”) dollarımızda dollarlarımızda
    sizin (“your”) dollarınızda dollarlarınızda
    onların (“their”) dollarında or dollarlarında dollarlarında
    ablative
    singular plural
    mənim (“my”) dollarımdan dollarlarımdan
    sənin (“your”) dollarından dollarlarından
    onun (“his/her/its”) dollarından dollarlarından
    bizim (“our”) dollarımızdan dollarlarımızdan
    sizin (“your”) dollarınızdan dollarlarınızdan
    onların (“their”) dollarından or dollarlarından dollarlarından
    genitive
    singular plural
    mənim (“my”) dollarımın dollarlarımın
    sənin (“your”) dollarının dollarlarının
    onun (“his/her/its”) dollarının dollarlarının
    bizim (“our”) dollarımızın dollarlarımızın
    sizin (“your”) dollarınızın dollarlarınızın
    onların (“their”) dollarının or dollarlarının dollarlarının

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    Crimean Tatar

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    Etymology

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    From English dollar

    Noun

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    dollar

    1. dollar (monetary unit)

    Declension

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    Declension of dollar
    singular plural
    nominative dollar dollarlar
    genitive dollarnıñ dollarlarnıñ
    dative dollarğa dollarlarğa
    accusative dollarnı dollarlarnı
    locative dollarda dollarlarda
    ablative dollardan dollarlardan

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    Danish

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    Etymology

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    From English dollar, from German Taler, Thaler. Doublet of daler.

    Noun

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    dollar c (singular definite dollaren, plural indefinite dollar)

    1. a dollar (monetary unit)

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    Declension of dollar
    common
    gender     		singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative dollar dollaren dollar
    dollars     		dollarene
    dollarsene
    genitive dollars dollarens dollars
    dollars'     		dollarenes
    dollarsenes

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    Dutch

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English dollar, from early Dutch daler, daalder.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈdɔlɑr/
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    • Hyphenation: dol‧lar

    Noun

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    dollar m (plural dollars, diminutive dollartje n)

    1. dollar (currency, especially the US dollar)

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    French

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    Etymology

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    English dollar.

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    Noun

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    dollar m (plural dollars)

    1. dollar, usually the US dollar.
    2. (Canada) Canadian dollar.

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    Indonesian

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    Noun

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    dollar (plural dollar-dollar)

    1. alternative form of dolar (“dollar”)

    Irish

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    Etymology

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    From English dollar, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (“dollar”).

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    • IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔl̪ˠəɾˠ/

    Noun

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    dollar m (genitive singular dollair, nominative plural dollair)

    1. dollar

    Declension

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    Declension of dollar (first declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative dollar dollair
    vocative a dhollair a dhollara
    genitive dollair dollar
    dative dollar dollair
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an dollar na dollair
    genitive an dollair na ndollar
    dative leis an dollar
    don dollar     		leis na dollair

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    Mutated forms of dollar
    radical lenition eclipsis
    dollar dhollar ndollar

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Etymology

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    From Middle Low German daler, via English dollar.

    Noun

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    dollar m (definite singular dollaren, indefinite plural dollar, definite plural dollarene)

    1. a dollar (monetary unit)

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Etymology

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    From Middle Low German daler, via English dollar.

    Noun

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    dollar m (definite singular dollaren, indefinite plural dollar, definite plural dollarane)

    1. a dollar (monetary unit)

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    Swedish

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    Etymology

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    From English dollar.

    Noun

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    dollar c

    1. dollar

    Declension

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    Declension of dollar
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite dollar dollars
    definite dollarn dollarns
    plural indefinite dollar dollars
    definite dollarna dollarnas
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