coin
English
/kɔɪn/
noun
Definitions
- (money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
- A token used in a special establishment like a casino.
- (figurative) That which serves for payment or recompense.
- (uncountable) Money in general, not limited to coins.
- (card games) One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
- A corner or external angle.
- A small circular slice of food.
- (informal) A cryptocurrency.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English coyn (coin, quoin, quince) derived from Old French coigne (die for stamping, cornerstone, wedge) derived from Latin cuneus (wedge).
Origin
Latin
cuneus
Gloss
wedge
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Coingate English
- alt English
- altcoin English
- bit English
- bitcoin English
- box English
- centicoin English
- coign English
- coigne English
- coinable English
- coinbox English
- coiner English
- coinless English
- coinlessness English
- coinlike English
- coinmaker English
- coinmaking English
- cryptocoin English
- cuneus English
- decicoin English
- geocoin English
- maker English
- making English
- microbitcoin English
- millibitcoin English
- millicoin English
- new-coin English
- newcoin English
- recoin English
- recoiner English
- scam English
- scamcoin English
- shit English
- shitcoin English
- stable English
- stablecoin English
- uncoin English
- uncoinable English
- bitcoin Finnish
- *cunea Latin
- cuneatim Latin
- cuneiformis Latin
- cuneifōrmis Latin
- cuneo Latin
- cuneus Latin
- Bitcoin German
- Cuneo Italian
- conio Italian
- cuneo Italian
- bitcoin French
- bitcoin Spanish, Castilian
- bitcóin Spanish, Castilian
- cuneiforme Spanish, Castilian
- cuño Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂ḱū Proto-Indo-European
- bitcoin Portuguese
- コイン Japanese
- coignage Middle English
- coyn Middle English
- coynen Middle English
- coynour Middle English
- coyns Middle English
- coynyng Middle English
- cúinne Irish
- coigne Old French
- coin Old French
- cuny Catalan, Valencian
- encunyar Catalan, Valencian
- बिटकॉइन Hindi
- cuña Galician
- cuño Galician
- cui Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- koin Indonesian
- cŷn Welsh
- couongnet Norman
- kunj Albanian
- cunj Aromanian
- 비트코인 Korean
- bit
- alt
- box
- shit
- scam
- coign
- maker
- uncoin
- coiner
- stable
- making
- cuneus
- recoin
- coigne
- altcoin
- coinbox
- newcoin
- bitcoin
- geocoin
- Coingate
- shitcoin
- decicoin
- coinless
- coinable
- new-coin
- recoiner
- coinlike
- scamcoin
- coinmaker
- centicoin
- millicoin
- stablecoin
- cryptocoin
- uncoinable
- coinmaking
- microbitcoin
- coinlessness
- millibitcoin