duit

(Английский)

1. (historical, masculine) a doit, a Dutch copper coin with the value of ¹⁄₁₆₀ of a guilder, current before the decimalization of 1816
2. (informal, masculine, singular) an amount of money, a sum of money
3. (in-plural, informal, masculine) money in general

Произносится как (IPA)

/dœy̯t/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от средненидерландский: duit

Родственно староанглийский: þwītan

Родственно английский: thwite

In summary

From Middle Dutch duit, of uncertain origin. Possibly borrowed from Old Norse þveit (“cut-off piece of metal, small coin, doit”), related to Old English þwītan (“to cut, cutt off”) (whence dialectal English thwite).

Переводы

cent

coin

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liard