piastre

Meaning

1. (historical) A coin and unit of currency, originally a Spanish or Spanish-American one worth eight real, later also used (with various values) in the Ottoman Empire and in Cyprus, in the French-speaking parts of Canada, and in French Indochina.
2. A form of currency currently used as a subunit in the Middle Eastern and East African countries of Egypt, Jordan (partly including Palestine), Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria.
3. (Louisiana) A dollar.

Synonyms

piaster

kurus

Lebanon

🇱🇧

penny

Lebanese Republic

Translations

kuruş

piastra

piastre

قرش

pays du Cèdre

🇱🇧

Libanesische Republik

Líban

🇱🇧

Λίβανος

Liban

🇱🇧

République libanaise

Libanon

🇱🇧

قِرْش

pays du cèdre

Libano

🇱🇧

غرش

Etymology

From French piastre, from Italian piastra (“plate of wood or metal; coin”), probably from Latin emplastra.