Meaning

3 senses
  1. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.

    to coin silver dollars

    to coin a medal

    prägen

    чека́нитьčekánitʹ, отчека́нитьotčekánitʹ

  2. (broadly)To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase).

    Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined.

    prägen

    приду́мыватьpridúmyvatʹ, приду́матьpridúmatʹ

    make up

  3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.

Examples

453 sentences
  1. She gave me these old coins.

    Вона дала мені ці старі монети. — deniko

    ruОна дала мне эти старинные монеты. — marafon

    deSie gab mir diese alten Münzen. — Espi

  2. I got these old coins from Tom.

    Я отримав ці старі монети від Тома. — deniko

    ruЯ получил эти старинные монеты от Тома. — marafon

  3. How many coins did you give me?

    Скільки монет ти мені дав? — deniko

    ruСколько монет ты мне дал? — marafon

  4. I have several silver coins.

    У мене кілька срібних монет. — deniko

    ruУ меня есть несколько серебряных монет. — beshine

    deIch besitze mehrere Silbermünzen. — xtofu80

  5. Who gave Tom those coins?

    Хто дав Тому ці монети? — deniko

    deWer hat Tom diese Münzen gegeben? — Naina

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to create coins:
to make up or invent, and establish:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to create coins:

Origin

From Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”),

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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Forms

coins, coining, coined, coined
Base formcoin · to coin
3rd person singularcoins
Present participlecoining
Past simplecoined
Past participlecoined

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycoin
he, she, itcoins

Past simpleLesson

all personscoined

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave coined
he, she, ithas coined

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill coin

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • form by stamping, punching, or printing:mintstrike

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • old coins
  • gold coins
  • the gold coins
  • collecting old coins
  • some old coins
  • up the coin
  • out some coins
  • these old coins
  • up a coin
  • some coins
  • how many coins
  • picked the coin

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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