"dollar" in seven languages
Meaningdollar
Spanish
dólar
/ˈdolaɾ/
masc.borrowed · English dollar
plural: dólares
French
dollar
/dɔlaʁ/
masc.borrowed · English dollar
Italian
dollaro
/ˈdɔllaro/
masc.borrowed · English dollar
Portuguese
dólar
/ˈdɔlah/
masc.borrowed · English dollar
Romanian
dolar
/doˈlar/
masc.borrowed · English dollar
plural: dolari
Catalan
dòlar
/ˈdɔləɾ/
masc.borrowed · English dollar
English
dollar
/ˈdɑlɚ/
from Latin/French · Low German or Dutch daler
English → ItaliandollardollaroCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
German Taler‘short for Joachimstaler, a silver coin from Joachimsthal’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Not Latin at all: a German coin named after the valley (Tal) where its silver was mined. Italian adds its usual noun ending, dollaro.
Learn it
In a sentence
- esCuesta diez dólares.
- frÇa coûte dix dollars.
- itCosta dieci dollari.
- ptCusta dez dólares.
- roCostă zece dolari.
- caCosta deu dòlars.
- enIt costs ten dollars.
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