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nomisma

/nə(ʊ)ˈmɪzmə/

nomisma noun: money or currency (modern).

Noun

nomisma (plural nomismata or nomismas)

  1. Money or currency (modern).
  2. Coinage, especially with connotation as a means to control a monetary system (rare).
  3. Current coin of a state (ancient).
  4. (rare) Coinage, a monetary system.
  5. (historical) A byzant.
    • The silver miliarensia from that era were minted exclusively for propaganda purposes, and in smaller amounts than the gold coins (nomismas) and the copper alloy coins (folles). They were practically not used in circulation, although in theory twelve miliarensia were equal in value to a gold nomisma.2022, Vladimir Penchev, “What the coins from the Preslav treasure can tell us about the social status of its owner”, in Contributions to Bulgarian Archaeology, volume XII, →DOI, →ISSN, page 70
  6. A stamp, an image on a coin.

Forms of nomisma

pluralnomismata
pluralnomismas

Origin of nomisma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma), from νομίζω (nomízō, “to use customarily”) + -μα (-ma, “nominal suffix”), from νόμος (nómos, “custom”) + -ίζω (-ízō, denominative verb suffix), from νέμω (némō, “to distribute”) + -ος (-os). Related to French numismatique, Latin numismat- + -ique, variant of Latin nomisma, from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma).

Questions about nomisma

What does nomisma mean?
Nomisma means money or currency (modern).
What part of speech is nomisma?
Nomisma is a noun.
How do you pronounce nomisma?
Nomisma is pronounced /nə(ʊ)ˈmɪzmə/.
What is the plural of nomisma?
The plural of nomisma is nomismata.

Words near nomisma in the dictionary

  1. nominor
  2. nominors
  3. nominotypic
  4. nominotypical
  5. nomism
  6. nomisma
  7. nomismas
  8. nomismata
  9. nomistic
  10. Nomius
  11. Nomlaki

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