thaler
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From German Thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, after Sankt Joachimsthal, the German city in which some of the earliest thalers were minted in 1518. Doublet of tolar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑːləɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːlə(ɹ)
Noun
thaler (plural thalers)
- (historical, numismatics) A monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc.
- (historical, numismatics) The currency of Baden from 1829 to 1837, valued at 100 Kreuzer.
Descendants
Translations
historical monetary unit
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French
Pronunciation
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Noun
thaler m (plural thalers)
- alternative spelling of taler
Further reading
- “thaler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈθalɛr/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈθaːlɛr/, /ˈθalɛr/
Verb
thaler
- aspirate mutation of taler