Kilo Lingo

le

masculine

/dɔlaʁ/

Line drawing of dollar
Coloured illustration of dollar
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Translation

dollar

Word origin

Borrowed from English dollar, itself from Low German daler, a shortening of Joachimsthaler, a coin minted in Joachimsthal in Bohemia. The element thal means 'valley'.

Origin
Germanic
Root
Joachimsthaler
English cognates
dollar, thaler

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluraldollars

Examples

baisse .

The dollar has fallen this week.

.

This book costs ten dollars.

.

He won a million dollars.

baissé l'euro.

The dollar has dropped a lot against the euro.

.

This book costs about twenty dollars online.

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