piastre
UK/piˈæstə/US/piˈæstɚ/
piastre noun: a coin and unit of currency, originally a Spanish or Spanish-American one worth eight real, later also used (with various values) in the Ottoman Empire and in Cyprus, in the French-speaking parts of Canada, and in French Indochina.
Noun
piastre (plural piastres)
- A coin and unit of currency, originally a Spanish or Spanish-American one worth eight real, later also used (with various values) in the Ottoman Empire and in Cyprus, in the French-speaking parts of Canada, and in French Indochina.
- The Silkes, Velvets, Cloth of gold, and Tissue, Pyasters, Chicqueenes and Sultanies, which is gold and silver, they unloaded in foure and twentie houres, was wonderfull [...].1630, John Smith, True Travels, Kupperman, published 1988, page 39
- A form of currency currently used as a subunit in the Middle Eastern and East African countries of Egypt, Jordan (partly including Palestine), Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria.
- A dollar.
piastre meaning in Tamil and Arabic
piastre in Tamil
- ஸ்பானிய வெள்ளி நாணய வகை
piastre in Arabic
- historical: Spanish, Ottoman or French coin
- قِرْش qirš
Forms of piastre
| plural | piastres |
|---|---|
| alternative form | piaster |
| alternative form | pyaster |
Origin of piastre
From French piastre, from Italian piastra (“plate of wood or metal; coin”), probably from Latin emplastra.
Words that rhyme with piastre
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- astrologaster
- canaster
- copastor
- cotoneaster
- criticaster
- diaster
- faster
- grammaticaster
- headmaster
- hereticaster
- historiaster
- historicaster
- interpilaster
- Jaster
- Kaster
- laster
- logicaster
- mathematicaster
- medicaster
- monaster
- musicaster
- outmaster
- overmaster
- paster
- philologaster
- philosophaster
- pinaster
- poetaster
- politicaster
- replaster
- scientaster
- sterraster
- theologaster
- usageaster
- verticillaster
- witticaster
Questions about piastre
- What does piastre mean?
- Piastre means a coin and unit of currency, originally a Spanish or Spanish-American one worth eight real, later also used (with various values) in the Ottoman Empire and in Cyprus, in the French-speaking parts of Canada, and in French Indochina.
- What is piastre in Tamil?
- Piastre in Tamil is ஸ்பானிய வெள்ளி நாணய வகை. See Piastre meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is piastre?
- Piastre is a noun.
- How do you pronounce piastre?
- Piastre is pronounced /piˈæstɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of piastre?
- The plural of piastre is piastres.
Words near piastre in the dictionary
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