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adarme

adarme noun: a traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.8 g.

Noun

adarme (plural adarmes)

  1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.8 g.
    Synonyms:
    Spanish dram, dram
  2. Synonym of peso, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally equivalent to an adarme of gold.
    Synonyms:
    peso, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally

Synonyms of adarme

  • Spanish dram
  • dram
  • peso
  • during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally

Forms of adarme

pluraladarmes

Origin of adarme

From Spanish adarme (“¹⁄₁₆ Spanish ounce, peso”), from Andalusian Arabic الدرهم (ad-dárham), from Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham, “dirham”), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “drachma”). Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirham, and dirhem.

Questions about adarme

What does adarme mean?
Adarme means a traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.8 g.
What part of speech is adarme?
Adarme is a noun.
What is the plural of adarme?
The plural of adarme is adarmes.

Words near adarme in the dictionary

  1. Adar Sheni
  2. Adara
  3. adarce
  4. adarces
  5. Adare
  6. adarme
  7. adarotene
  8. ADARs
  9. Adarsh
  10. adarticulation
  11. adarticulations

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