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coin
(koin)n.
1. A small piece of metal, usually flat and circular, authorized by a government for use as money.
2. Metal money considered as a whole.
3. A flat circular piece or object felt to resemble metal money: a pizza topped with coins of pepperoni.
4. A mode of expression considered standard: Two-word verbs are valid linguistic coin in the 20th century.
5. Variant of quoin.
tr.v. coined, coin·ing, coins
1. To make (pieces of money) from metal; mint or strike: coined silver dollars.
2. To make pieces of money from (metal): coin gold.
3. To devise (a new word or phrase).
adj.
Idiom: Requiring one or more pieces of metal money for operation: a coin washing machine.
the other side of the coin
One of two differing or opposing views or sides.
[Middle English, from Old French, die for stamping coins, wedge, from Latin cuneus, wedge.]
coin′a·ble adj.
coin′er n.
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coin
(kɔɪn)n
1. a metal disc or piece used as money
2. (Currencies) metal currency, as opposed to securities, paper currency, etc.
3. (Architecture) architect a variant spelling of quoin
4. pay someone back in his or her own coin to treat a person in the way that he or she has treated others
5. the other side of the coin the opposite view of a matter
vb
6. (Currencies) (tr) to make or stamp (coins)
7. (Currencies) (tr) to make into a coin
8. (tr) to fabricate or invent (words, etc)
9. (tr) informal to make (money) rapidly (esp in the phrase coin it in)
10. to coin a phrase said ironically after one uses a cliché
[C14: from Old French: stamping die, from Latin cuneus wedge]
ˈcoinable adj
ˈcoiner n
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coin
(kɔɪn)n.
1. a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
2. a number of such pieces.
3. Informal. money; cash.
adj. 5. operated by or containing machines operated by the insertion of a coin or coins.
v.t. 6. to make (coins) by stamping metal.
7. to convert (metal) into money.
8. to invent; fabricate: to coin an expression.
Idioms: pay someone back in his or her own coin, to retaliate against someone by using the person's own methods.
[1300–50; Middle English coyn(e),coygne < Anglo-French; Middle French coin, wedge, corner, die < Latin cuneus wedge]
coin′a•ble, adj.
coin′er, n.
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coin
Past participle: coined
Gerund: coining
| Imperative |
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| coin |
| coin |
| Present |
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| I coin |
| you coin |
| he/she/it coins |
| we coin |
| you coin |
| they coin |
| Preterite |
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| I coined |
| you coined |
| he/she/it coined |
| we coined |
| you coined |
| they coined |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am coining |
| you are coining |
| he/she/it is coining |
| we are coining |
| you are coining |
| they are coining |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have coined |
| you have coined |
| he/she/it has coined |
| we have coined |
| you have coined |
| they have coined |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was coining |
| you were coining |
| he/she/it was coining |
| we were coining |
| you were coining |
| they were coining |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had coined |
| you had coined |
| he/she/it had coined |
| we had coined |
| you had coined |
| they had coined |
| Future |
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| I will coin |
| you will coin |
| he/she/it will coin |
| we will coin |
| you will coin |
| they will coin |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have coined |
| you will have coined |
| he/she/it will have coined |
| we will have coined |
| you will have coined |
| they will have coined |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be coining |
| you will be coining |
| he/she/it will be coining |
| we will be coining |
| you will be coining |
| they will be coining |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been coining |
| you have been coining |
| he/she/it has been coining |
| we have been coining |
| you have been coining |
| they have been coining |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been coining |
| you will have been coining |
| he/she/it will have been coining |
| we will have been coining |
| you will have been coining |
| they will have been coining |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been coining |
| you had been coining |
| he/she/it had been coining |
| we had been coining |
| you had been coining |
| they had been coining |
| Conditional |
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| I would coin |
| you would coin |
| he/she/it would coin |
| we would coin |
| you would coin |
| they would coin |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have coined |
| you would have coined |
| he/she/it would have coined |
| we would have coined |
| you would have coined |
| they would have coined |
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Noun 1. [画像:coin - a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money]coin - a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
head - (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head; "call heads or tails!"
obverse - the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design
tail - (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
change - coins of small denomination regarded collectively; "he had a pocketful of change"
bawbee - an old Scottish coin of little value
bezant, bezzant, byzant, solidus - a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages
denier - any of various former European coins of different denominations
ducat - formerly a gold coin of various European countries
real - an old small silver Spanish coin
piece of eight - an old silver Spanish coin; worth 8 reales
shilling - an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
crown - an English coin worth 5 shillings
half crown - an English coin worth half a crown
dime - a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
nickel - a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
quarter - a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"
fifty-cent piece, half dollar - a United States coin worth half of a dollar
slug - a counterfeit coin
tenpence - a decimal coin worth ten pennies
tuppence, twopence - a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
threepence - former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies
fivepence - a coin worth five cents
eightpence - a coin worth eight pennies
ninepence - a coin worth nine pennies
dollar - a United States coin worth one dollar; "the dollar coin has never been popular in the United States"
double eagle - a former gold coin in the United States worth 20 dollars
eagle - a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars
half eagle - a former gold coin in United States worth 5 dollars
farthing - a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny
doubloon - a former Spanish gold coin
louis d'or - a former French gold coin
medallion - any of various large ancient Greek coins
stater - any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece
sou - a former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money; "he hasn't a sou to his name"
Maundy money - specially minted silver coins that are distributed by the British sovereign on Maundy Thursday
Verb 1. coin - make up; "coin phrases or words"
create verbally - create with or from words
sloganeer - coin new slogans
2. [画像:coin - form by stamping, punching, or printing]coin - form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal"
create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
coin
noun
verb
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Translations
عُمْلَة مَعْدِنِيَّة قِطْعَةُ نَقْد مَعْدَنييَصوغُ كلمةً أو عِبارَةًيَضْرِبُ عِمْلَةً
mincerazitvytvořit
møntudstede møntdanne
monero
kolikko
kovanicanovčićžeton
érme
búa tilmyntslá mynt
硬貨
동전
moneta
monetamonetosnukaltisistemakaldinti
darinātkaltmonēta
monedă
kovanec
myntmynta
เหรียญ
tiền xu
coin
[kɔɪn]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
coin
[ˈkɔɪn] n
(= piece of money) → pièce f de monnaie
a 2 euro coin → une pièce de deux euros
the other side of the coin (= negative aspect) → le revers de la médaille (= positive aspect) → le bon côté de la chose
to be two sides of the same coin → être les deux facettes d'un même problème
a 2 euro coin → une pièce de deux euros
the other side of the coin (= negative aspect) → le revers de la médaille (= positive aspect) → le bon côté de la chose
to be two sides of the same coin → être les deux facettes d'un même problème
(= coinage) → monnaie f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
coin
n
→ Münze f
no pl → Münzen pl; in the coin of the realm → in der Landeswährung ; I’ll pay you back in the same coin (Brit fig) → das werde ich dir in gleicher Münze heimzahlen ; the other side of the coin (fig) → die Kehrseite der Medaille ; they are two sides of the same coin → das sind zwei Seiten derselben Sache
vt (lit, fig) money, phrase → prägen ; he’s coining money or it (in) (fig inf) → er scheffelt Geld (inf); ..., to coin a phrase → ..., um mich mal so auszudrücken
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
coin
[kɔɪn]2. vt (fam) (money) → fare soldi a palate (fig) (word) → coniare
to coin a phrase (hum) → per così dire
to coin a phrase (hum) → per così dire
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
coin
(koin) noun a piece of metal used as money. a handful of coins. muntstuk قِطْعَةُ نَقْد مَعْدَني монета moeda mince die Münze mønt κέρμα moneda münt سکه kolikko pièce מטבע सिक्का komad kovanog novca, novčić érme uang logam mynt moneta 硬貨 경화 moneta monēta duit syiling muntstuk mynt moneta سکه moeda monedă монета minca kovanec novčić mynt เหรียญกษาปณ์ madeni para 硬幣 монета سکہ đồng xu 硬币
verb1. to make metal into (money). The new country soon started to coin its own money. aanmunt, smee يَضْرِبُ / يَسُكُّ عِمْلَةً сека монети cunhar razit prägen udstede mønt; præge mønt κόβω νόμισμα acuñar müntima سکه ضرب کردن lyödä rahaa frapper לִטבּוֹע गढ़ना kovati novac pénzt ver mencetak uang slá mynt coniare 鋳造する (화폐를) 주조하다 (nu)kalti, kaldinti kalt (naudu) mencetak duit munten lage penger, mynte, prege wybijać سکه وهل cunhar a bate (o monedă) чеканить raziť kovati kovati mynta, prägla ทําเหรียญกษาปณ์ madeni para basmak 鑄幣 карбувати سکہ ڈھالنا đúc tiền (铸造)硬币
2. to invent (a word, phrase etc). The scientist coined a word for the new process. skep يَصوغُ / يَسْتَحْدِثُ كلمةً أو عِبارَةً въвеждам (израз) inventar vytvořit prägen danne επινοώ inventar välja mõtlema ساختن keksiä uusi sana inventer לְחָדֵש, לְהַמצִיא ईजाद करना skovati alkot menciptakan búa til coniare 造り出す (어구를) 새로 만들다 sukurti darināt (jaunvārdus) mencipta smeden dikte opp, finne på tworzyć جوریدل inventar a inventa создавать utvoriť izmisliti si skovati mynta ประดิษฐ์ bulmak, uydurmak 造字或詞 творити нові слова وضع کرنا ، ایجاد کرنا tạo ra 创造(新词)
ˈcoinage (-nidʒ) noun1. the process of coining. geldmunting ضَرْب أو سَكُّ عِمْلَةً сечене на монети cunhagem ražba das Prägen møntsystem νομισματοκοπία, επινόηση acuñación müntimine ضرب سکه rahanlyönti, sanan keksiminen frappe טְבִיעַת מָטבֵּעוֹת सिक्के गढ़ने की प्रक्रिया kovanje novca pénzverés pembuatan uang nÿmyndun; nÿyrðasmíð conio 貨幣鋳造 경화 주조 (monetų) kalimas naudas kalšana; jaunvārdu darināšana percetakan duit syiling aanmunting mynting; nydannet ord/uttrykk bicie monet, tworzenie nowych słów مسكوك، سكه وهنه cunhagem fabricare de monede чеканка razenie; tvorenie kovanje kovanje myntning, [mynt]prägling การผลิตเหรียญ bulma, uydurma 鑄幣 карбування سکے ڈھالنے کا عمل sự đúc tiền 造币
2. the money (system) used in a country. Britain now uses decimal coinage. muntstelsel عِمْلَةُ البِلاد мометна система moeda měnová soustava das Münzsystem møntfod νομισματικό σύστημα sistema monetario rahasüsteem پول رایج rahajärjestelmä système monétaire שִיטת הַמָטבֵּע सिक्का प्रणाली sustav kovanog novca pénzrendszer sistem moneter gjaldmiðilskerfi sistema monetario 貨幣制度 한 나라의 경화 (monetų) sistema, monetos naudas sistēma; nauda sistem duit syiling muntstelsel myntsystem system monetarny مروجه پیسی moeda sistem monetar монетная система menová sústava denarni sistem moneta myntsystem ระบบเงินเหรียญ para sistemi 貨幣制度 монетна система پیسے ، دولت hệ thống tiền tệ đang sử dụng 货币制度
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→ عُمْلَة مَعْدِنِيَّة mince mønt Münze νόμισμα moneda kolikko pièce kovanica moneta 硬貨 동전 muntstuk mynt moneta moeda монета mynt เหรียญ madeni para tiền xu 硬币Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009