currency
Money or other items used to facilitate transactionsMoney or other items used to facilitate transactions.
» Where can I exchange foreign currency?
Wo kann ich ausländische Währung wechseln?
Где я могу обменять иностранную валюту?
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.
Währung
валю́таvaljúta
валю́таvaljúta
(countable, uncountable)Paper money.
(countable, uncountable)The state of being current; general acceptance, recognition or use.
The jargon’s currency.
распространённостьrasprostranjónnostʹ, употреби́тельностьupotrebítelʹnostʹ
general acceptance or use
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Fluency; readiness of utterance.
Examples
155 sentencesWhere can I exchange foreign currency?
ruГде я могу обменять иностранную валюту?
deWo kann ich ausländische Währung wechseln?
Currency and bond markets are relatively calm.
Where is the currency exchange?
European currencies weakened against the dollar.
ruЕвропейские валюты ослабли по отношению к доллару.
The authorities managed to stabilize the currency.
ruВластям удалось стабилизировать курс валюты.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Medieval Latin currentia. By surface analysis, current + -cy.Borrowed from Medieval Latin currentia. By surface analysis, current + -cy.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: currencies| Singular | currency |
|---|---|
| Plural | currencies |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- the property of belonging to the present time:currentnessup-to-dateness
Word family
49 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable