shekel

English

WOTD – 22 November 2006

Alternative forms

• sheqel

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel, “shekel”), from שָׁקַל (shakál, “to weigh”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Akkadian 𒂆 (šiqlu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃekəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkəl
• Hyphenation: shek‧el

Noun

shekel (plural shekels or shekalim)

1. A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.
2. (slang, often antisemitic) money, especially that purportedly owned or distributed as bribes by Jewish elites.
3. An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.

Derived terms

• new shekel

Translations

sheqel — see sheqel

ancient unit of weight

• Armenian: սիկղ (hy) (sikġ)

  Old Armenian: սիկղ (sikł)

• Catalan: sicle m
• German: Schekel (de) m, Sekel (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: σίγλος m (síglos)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: שקל (he) m (shekel)
• Maori: hekere
• Polish: sykl (pl) m
• Russian: сикль (ru) m (siklʹ)
• Spanish: siclo (es) m

See also

• agora
• ILS
• NIS
• ₪

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel, “shekel”), from שָׁקַל (shakál, “to weigh”).

Noun

shekel m (plural shekels)

1. shekel (unit of currency)

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Portuguese

Noun

shekel m (plural s)

1. sheqel (currency unit in Israel)