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masculine

/dɔlaʁ/

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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

cette .

The dollar has fallen this week.

This book costs ten dollars.

He won a million dollars.

l'euro.

The dollar has dropped a lot against the euro.

This book costs about twenty dollars online.

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This word is part of lesson 10.