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masculine

/ˈdo.lar/

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Translation

dollar

Word origin

Borrowed from English 'dollar', which comes from Low German daler, short for Joachimsthaler, a coin minted in Joachimsthal in Bohemia ('thal' meaning 'valley').

Origin: Germanic
Root: Joachimsthaler
English cognates: dollar, dale

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluraldolares

Examples

It cost me a dollar.

The dollar has risen against the euro.

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Have you got change for a dollar?

calcula .

The price of oil is calculated in dollars.

I changed the money and got about one hundred and ten dollars.

I have fewer than twenty dollars left in my wallet.

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This word is part of lesson 9.