specie

Meaning

1. (uncountable) Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie.
2. (uncountable) Money in the form of coins made from precious metal that has an intrinsic value; coinage.

species

1. (countable, uncountable) A type or kind. (Compare race.)
2. (countable, uncountable) A type or kind. (Compare race.)
3. (countable, uncountable) A type or kind. (Compare race.)
4. (countable, uncountable) A type or kind. (Compare race.)
5. (countable, uncountable) A type or kind. (Compare race.)
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) An image, an appearance, a spectacle.
7. (countable, uncountable) An image, an appearance, a spectacle.
8. (countable, uncountable) Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated.
9. (countable, uncountable) Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
10. (countable, uncountable) A component part of compound medicine; a simple.

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Opposite of

paper

Synonyms

mintage

metallic currency

coin

🪙

coinage

metal money

hard cash

cash

💸

coin money

hard currency

metallic money

bullion

neologizing

currency

hard money

money

💸

paper currency

stamping

real money

metallic coin

coin specie

nomisma

Translations

Hartgeld

efectivo

Münze

💸

Bargeld

💸

metálico

madeni para

xavalla

νόμισμα

monnaie

moeda

🪙

acuñación

Münzen

metàl·lic

Prägen

espècie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈspiːʃi/

Etymology

Originally in the phrase in specie; from Latin speciē, ablative singular of species. Compare in kind.