ringgit

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay ringgit (“jagged”).

Noun

ringgit (plural ringgit or ringgits)

1. The currency of Malaysia
   • 2009 January 20, Jennifer Pinkowski, “Growing Taste for Reef Fish Sends Their Numbers Sinking”, in The New York Times‎^[1], A. G. Sulzberger, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     […] Malays at the famous Night Market speak with awe about the Chinese tourists who spend “a thousand ringgits a week just eating fish.”

Translations

currency

• Arabic: رِينْغِيت m (rinḡīt)
• Central Dusun: ringgit
• Central Melanau: rigit
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 令吉 (zh) (lìngjí) (official name in Malaysia, also used in China, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, and Taiwan), 林吉特 (línjítè) (used in China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan but not Malaysia or Singapore)

• French: ringgit (fr) m
• German: Ringgit m
• Hindi: रिंगित (riṅgit), रिंग्गित (riṅggit)
• Japanese: リンギット (ja) (ringitto), リンギ (ringi)
• Khmer: រីងហ្គីត (ringgiit)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 링깃 (ringgit)
• Lun Bawang: rigit
• Malay:

  Jawi: ريڠݢيت

  Rumi: ringgit

• Norwegian: ringgit m
• Portuguese: ringgit m
• Russian: рингги́т (ru) m (ringgít)
• Spanish: ringgit (es) m

Anagrams

• girting

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French

Noun

ringgit m (plural ringgits)

1. ringgit (the currency of Malaysia)

Further reading

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

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Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riŋɡet/
• IPA^(key): /riŋɡɪt/
• Rhymes: -iŋɡet, -ɡet, -et

Adjective

ringgit

1. jagged

Noun

ringgit

1. ringgit (currency)
2. The Brunei or Singapore dollar

See also

• sen

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Portuguese

Noun

ringgit m (plural s)

1. ringgit (currency unit of Malaysia)

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Spanish

Noun

ringgit m (plural ringgits)

1. ringgit (currency unit of Malaysia)