doubloon
/dʌˈbluːn/
doubloon noun: a former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies. Also the clipping of doubloonie.
Noun
doubloon (plural doubloons)
- A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies.
- English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pieces stamped with what looked like wisps of string or bits of spider's web, round pieces and...1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
Also used as
doubloon is also the clipping of doubloonie.
doubloon is also the alternative form of dabloon.
doubloon meaning in Arabic, Thai and Vietnamese
doubloon in Arabic
- former Spanish gold coin
- دبلون
doubloon in Thai
- former Spanish gold coin
- ดับลูน dàp lûun
doubloon in Vietnamese
- former Spanish gold coin
- đublum, đồng đublum
Forms of doubloon
| plural | doubloons |
|---|---|
| alternative form | doblon |
Origin of doubloon
From French doublon, from Spanish doblón, augmentative of doble (“double”), because it was worth twice a pistole.
Words formed from doubloon
Words that rhyme with doubloon
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- croon
- blue moon
- boon
- monsoon
- noon
- pontoon
- raccoon
- tribune
- attune
- dragoon
- hoon
- immune
- picayune
- platoon
- soon
- swoon
- tycoon
- afternoon
- baboon
- commune
- harpoon
- jejune
- pantaloon
- picaroon
- shalloon
- bassoon
- buffoon
- cocoon
- dabloon
- entune
- gadroon
- hewn
- impugn
- jargoon
- june
- lacune
- last chance saloon
- lune
- macaroon
- man in the moon
- maroon
- poon
- puccoon
- ratoon
- scone
- toon
- trial balloon
- troon
Questions about doubloon
- What does doubloon mean?
- Doubloon means a former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies.
- What is doubloon in Arabic?
- Doubloon in Arabic is دبلون. See Doubloon meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is doubloon?
- Doubloon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce doubloon?
- Doubloon is pronounced /dʌˈbluːn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of doubloon?
- The plural of doubloon is doubloons.
Words near doubloon in the dictionary
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