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coin

Pronunciation: /ˈkoɪ̯n/

The English word “coin” has 11 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
  2. A token used in a special establishment like a casino.
  3. That which serves for payment or recompense.
  4. Something in broad circulation or use.
  5. Money in general, not limited to coins.
  6. One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
  7. A corner or external angle.
  8. A small circular slice of food.

verb

  1. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.
  2. To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase).
  3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.

Etymology

From Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”). Doublet of coign and cuneus. See also quoin (“cornerstone”). Displaced Middle English mynt, from Old English mynet (whence modern English mint), which was derived from Latin monēta.

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