denier
See also: dénier
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old French denier, from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar, denarius, dinar, diner, dinero, and dinheiro.
Pronunciation
edit- enPR: dənyā'
- enPR: dənî(r)', IPA(key): /dəˈnɪə(ɹ)/ (coin)
- enPR: dĕn'yə(r), IPA(key): /ˈdɛnɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɛnɪeɪ/ (unit of fineness of yarn)
Audio (US, yarn): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun
editdenier (plural deniers)
- (historical) An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 117:
- A bronze denier bearing the inscription CONRADUS around a central cross, was minted in Lugdunum.
- A unit of linear density which indicates the fineness of fiber or yarn, equal to one gram per 9000 meters, used especially to measure or indicate the fineness of hosiery. Originally equal to the weight of a denier coin per 9600 aunes.
- 2002, Jill Mansell, Staying at Daisy's:
- Upstairs she rummaged through her chest of drawers, finally unearthing an unopened pack of ten denier barely blacks.
Translations
editcoin
unit of fineness of yarn
See also
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdenier (plural deniers)
- One who denies or forbids something.
- 2003, ABA Journal, volume 89:
- Also, visitation deniers don't always get off with a slap on the wrist.
- One who denies the existence of something.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editperson who denies the existence of something
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editFinnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdenier
- denier (unit of measure)
- denier (old coin)
Declension
editInflection of denier (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | denier | denierit | |
genitive | denierin | denierien deniereiden deniereitten | |
partitive | denieriä | deniereitä denierejä | |
illative | denieriin | deniereihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | denier | denierit | |
accusative | nom. | denier | denierit |
gen. | denierin | ||
genitive | denierin | denierien deniereiden deniereitten | |
partitive | denieriä | deniereitä denierejä | |
inessive | denierissä | deniereissä | |
elative | denieristä | deniereistä | |
illative | denieriin | deniereihin | |
adessive | denierillä | deniereillä | |
ablative | denieriltä | deniereiltä | |
allative | denierille | deniereille | |
essive | denierinä | deniereinä | |
translative | denieriksi | deniereiksi | |
abessive | denierittä | deniereittä | |
instructive | — | denierein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “denier”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French, from Old French denier, inherited from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of dénaire.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdenier m (plural deniers)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “denier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editMiddle French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French denier, Latin dēnārius.
Noun
editdenier m (plural deniers)
- denier (coin)
Descendants
edit- French: denier
Old French
editEtymology
editNoun
editdenier oblique singular, m (oblique plural deniers, nominative singular deniers, nominative plural denier)
- denier (coin)
Descendants
editRomanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editdenier m (plural denieri)
- denier (weight)
Declension
editDeclension of denier
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) denier | denierul | (niște) denieri | denierii |
genitive/dative | (unui) denier | denierului | (unor) denieri | denierilor |
vocative | denierule | denierilor |
Swedish
editNoun
editdenier c
Declension
editDeclension of denier
Anagrams
editCategories:
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with historical senses
- English terms with quotations
- English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)
- en:Units of measure
- English heteronyms
- Finnish terms borrowed from French
- Finnish terms derived from French
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/enier
- Rhymes:Finnish/enier/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French doublets
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Ancient Rome
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Latin
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French nouns
- Middle French masculine nouns
- Middle French countable nouns
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns