denier
An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a souAn old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou.
» Tom and Mary are reality deniers.
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4 senses(historical)An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou.
денье́denʹjé
A unit of linear density which indicates the fineness of fiber or yarn, equal to one gram per 9000 meters, used especially to measure or indicate the fineness of hosiery. Originally equal to the weight of a denier coin per 9600 aunes.
денье́denʹjé
One who denies or forbids something.
One who denies the existence of something.
Holocaust denier
global warming denier
Leugner
отрицательotricatelʹ, отрицательницаotricatelʹnica
Examples
5 sentencesTom and Mary are reality deniers.
She appears to be a reality denier.
deSie scheint eine Realitätsverweigerin zu sein. — Adelpa
Climate deniers are a cancer upon this earth.
He's a climate change denier.
ruОн отрицает изменение климата. — Balamax
deEr leugnet den Klimawandel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is a reality denier: he can see those stripes and he says they don't exist.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French denier, from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar, denarius, dinar, dinerBorrowed from French denier, from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar, denarius, dinar, diner, dinero, and dinheiro.
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