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cardecu

UK/ˈkɑːdɪkjuː/US/ˈkɑɹdɪkju/

cardecu noun: a silver French coin worth a quarter of an écu.

Noun

cardecu (plural cardecus)

  1. (historical) A silver French coin worth a quarter of an écu.
    • A set of hilding fellows there were, whom we dismissed to find them a new master — enough had been done for revenge and profit; the bunch of them were not worth a cardecu.1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

Forms of cardecu

pluralcardecus

Origin of cardecu

From French quart d'écu ‘quarter of an écu’.

Questions about cardecu

What does cardecu mean?
Cardecu means a silver French coin worth a quarter of an écu.
What part of speech is cardecu?
Cardecu is a noun.
How do you pronounce cardecu?
Cardecu is pronounced /ˈkɑːdɪkjuː/ (UK).
What is the plural of cardecu?
The plural of cardecu is cardecus.

Words near cardecu in the dictionary

  1. cardcases
  2. cardcastle
  3. cardcastles
  4. cardeck
  5. cardecks
  6. cardecu
  7. cardecue
  8. cardecues
  9. cardecus
  10. carded
  11. cardel

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