specie

Meaning

1. (feminine, no-diminutive) mortar (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
2. (feminine, no-diminutive) material used in casting
3. (feminine, no-diminutive) coinage, specie, coins

Concepts

mortar

morter

coin

🪙

ready money

specie

Synonyms

mortel

metselkalk

geldstuk

🪙

mortier

munt

🪙

muntstuk

🪙

Translations

Mörtel

mortier

argamassa

malta

mortero

morter

mortièr

massa

moeda

🪙

reboco

moneda

🪙

sencillo

harç

Münze

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈspeː.si/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: speciēs

In summary

From Middle Dutch specie (“kind, sort”, 14th c.), borrowed from Latin speciēs. The sense “mortar” also appears in spijs, Middle Dutch spise (literally “food”), and it is not clear which of the two words developed it first; compare German Speis, Maurerspeise.